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# 15  
Old 02-04-2020
Quote:
Originally Posted by wisecracker
I did quote early on in this thread that some terminals do not respond correctly to some terminal escape codes. Some of those escape codes will not work at all.

So in the first part the outside parentheses create an array in advanced shells like bash so therefore longhand:
Code:
Last login: Tue Feb  4 16:17:10 on ttys000
AMIGA:amiga~> term_size=($( stty size ))
AMIGA:amiga~> 
AMIGA:amiga~> printf "%b\n" "${term_size[0]}"
24
AMIGA:amiga~> 
AMIGA:amiga~> printf "%b\n" "${term_size[1]}"
80
AMIGA:amiga~> _

As for the second 'printf' line, changing the values 24 and 80 to say 30 and 120 will expand the terminal size on certain terminals, (xterm as an exmaple), to that size for the duration of that terminal session. Of course calling it again with 24 and 80 restores it back to the original.
IF and a big if, it doesn't work then many of those terminal commands in the URLs won't work either.

Array... right. I wasn't thinking straight. Was early in the morning then.
Yes, probably quite a few of these escape codes won't work everywhere. Fortunately I don't need to resize the terminal. All I want is to keep the cursor in place until an acceptable answer arrives.
What about those code in man console_codes? Can't those be used to program in a reasonably safe / portable way in Bash?
# 16  
Old 02-04-2020
Hi Ralph..
Is this what you are trying to do?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Linux Mint 19, default bash terminal.
clear
echo ""
echo ""
printf "%b" "This is a test line.\033[s\n"
sleep 2
echo ""
echo ""
printf "%b" "\033[u\033[1A\n"
echo "We are here.         "

# 17  
Old 02-04-2020
Quote:
Originally Posted by wisecracker
Hi Ralph..
Is this what you are trying to do?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Linux Mint 19, default bash terminal.
clear
echo ""
echo ""
printf "%b" "This is a test line.\033[s\n"
sleep 2
echo ""
echo ""
printf "%b" "\033[u\033[1A\n"
 echo "We are here.         "

This is what I do - the output of my script:
Code:
 100
 101
 102
 103
 104
 105
 106
 107
 108
 109
 110
Do you wish to continue? [Y|n] z

When a user enters an answer other than Y, y, N, n or <Enter> - for example 'z' above - then the cursor is supposed to stay where it is until an acceptable answer comes.
That has to work everywhere on the screen.

The problem I had was that the carriage return moved the cursor to the next line, one line below the question. I first fixed it for everywhere except the last line of the window and that's when I posted my original question.

This version works for me now:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

function askYesOrNo {
        printf "\e[1;31;47m$1 [Y|n]\e[0m "      # print $1 in color
        printf "\e[s"                           # save cursor x-pos

        while true ; do
                read answer
                if [ -z "$answer" ] ; then
                        return 0
                elif [ "$(tr -d "NnYy" <<< $answer)" != "$answer" ] ; then
                        break
                fi

                # How many lines in this window?
                LINES=$(tput lines)

                # find cursor y-position ( line number )
                printf "\e[6n" ; read -sd R POS
                CURPOS=${POS#*[}; CUR_Y=${CURPOS%;*}

                if [ "$CUR_Y" -eq "$LINES" ] ; then
#                       printf "\e[u\e[1A\e[K" 
                        printf "\e[u\eM\e[K"
                else
                        printf "\e[u\e[K"
                fi
        done
        if [ "${answer^}" == "Y" ]; then
                return 0
        fi
        return 1
}

for (( i = 100, max = 110; i <= max; i++ )) ; do
        printf " %d\n" $i
        if [ $i -eq $max ] ; then
                if askYesOrNo "Do you wish to continue?" ; then
                        (( max += 10 ))
                fi
        fi
done

Could be condensed a bit but this is easier to read.
It works here. Does it work on your system?
# 18  
Old 02-04-2020
I think the carriage return at the end of the input is scrolling up the terminal. How about prompting for a single Y or N response (no need to CR):

Code:
#!/bin/bash
  
# -----
# function: askYesOrNo
# purpose : ask question passed as $1
# return  : 0 if answer was y or Y,
#           1 otherwise
# -----
function askYesOrNo {
        printf "\e[s"                           # save cursor x-pos

        while true ; do
                printf "\e[1;31;47m$1 [Y|n]\e[0m "      # print $1 in color
                read -n 1 answer
                case $answer in
                   Y|y|N|n) break;;
                esac
                # restore cursor x-pos
               printf "\e[u"
        done
        # restore cursor x-pos, erase rest of line
        printf "\e[u\e[K"
        # set return status
        [ "${answer^}" == "Y" ]
}


for (( i = 100, max = 110; i <= max; i++ )) ; do
        printf " %d\n" $i
        if [ $i -eq $max ] ; then
                if askYesOrNo "Do you wish to continue?" ; then
                        (( max += 10 ))
                fi
        fi
done

# 19  
Old 02-04-2020
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
I think the carriage return at the end of the input is scrolling up the terminal. How about prompting for a single Y or N response (no need to CR):

Code:
#!/bin/bash
  
# -----
# function: askYesOrNo
# purpose : ask question passed as $1
# return  : 0 if answer was y or Y,
#           1 otherwise
# -----
function askYesOrNo {
        printf "\e[s"                           # save cursor x-pos

        while true ; do
                printf "\e[1;31;47m$1 [Y|n]\e[0m "      # print $1 in color
                read -n 1 answer
                case $answer in
                   Y|y|N|n) break;;
                esac
                # restore cursor x-pos
               printf "\e[u"
        done
        # restore cursor x-pos, erase rest of line
        printf "\e[u\e[K"
        # set return status
        [ "${answer^}" == "Y" ]
}


for (( i = 100, max = 110; i <= max; i++ )) ; do
        printf " %d\n" $i
        if [ $i -eq $max ] ; then
                if askYesOrNo "Do you wish to continue?" ; then
                        (( max += 10 ))
                fi
        fi
 done


Yes, read -n 1 - I did that and it works but I wanted to have it my way. Smilie

And my final version finally does what I want. Smilie
# 20  
Old 02-05-2020
Mind to share your final version here?
# 21  
Old 02-05-2020
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Mind to share your final version here?

It's still the same as what I posted earlier. A bit longer than it has to be because of all the ifs and comments. I like the way you used parameter expansion in your version, but your version didn't scroll right on my system - an ordinary terminal emulator running Bash 5 on a Debian Linux.


Here my currently final version again:
Code:
function askYesOrNo {
        printf "\e[1;31;47m$1 [Y|n]\e[0m "      # print $1 in color
        printf "\e[s"                           # save cursor x-pos

        while true ; do
                read answer
                if [ -z "$answer" ] ; then
                        return 0
                elif [ "$(tr -d "NnYy" <<< $answer)" != "$answer" ] ; then
                        break
                fi

                # How many lines in this window?
                LINES=$(tput lines)

                # find cursor y-position ( line number )
                printf "\e[6n" ; read -sd R POS
                CURPOS=${POS#*[}; CUR_Y=${CURPOS%;*}

                if [ "$CUR_Y" -eq "$LINES" ] ; then
#                       printf "\e[u\e[1A\e[K" 
                        printf "\e[u\eM\e[K"
                else
                        printf "\e[u\e[K"
                fi
        done
        if [ "${answer^}" == "Y" ]; then
                return 0
        fi
        return 1
}

for (( i = 100, max = 110; i <= max; i++ )) ; do
        printf " %d\n" $i
        if [ $i -eq $max ] ; then
                if askYesOrNo "Do you wish to continue?" ; then
                        (( max += 10 ))
                fi
        fi
done

Only complaint now is that when the question is asked at the very bottom of the window the cursor still jumps to the next line, the window scrolls but the cursor jumps back to the end of the question. That can be avoided by using read -n 1 - as wisecracker suggested - but I like to use the Enter key to confirm.


Does it run the same way on your system?

Last edited by Ralph; 02-05-2020 at 10:24 AM.. Reason: typos
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