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Old 01-05-2009
Bug How to catch ENTER key inside the shell script?
Hi,

I have a script in which i have to ask user to press the ENTER key to proceed further. can you please help me how can i achive this in my scripting?


echo "All the executables builded Successfully "
echo " Press Enter to Go Back to the Main Menu"
read key
if [ $key == 13 ]
then
main_menu_selector
fi

Thanks in Advance.....
Plaban
# 2  
Old 01-05-2009
You don't need to test at all. Anything ending in an enter will satisfy the "read". Just in case "key" is used in "main_menu_selector" you may wish to use a different name for the variable.

echo "All the executables builded Successfully "
echo " Press Enter to Go Back to the Main Menu"
read junk
main_menu_selector
Last edited by methyl; 01-05-2009 at 09:45 AM.. Reason: typo
# 3  
Old 01-06-2009
Bug Thanks...
Thanks a lot for ur useful reply.......
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