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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to get the cursor position, and put it inside a variable. Problem is, i don't have the tput command, or ncurses.
Apparently I was supposed to try the following:
echo -e '\E
But I don't get a value or anything. Please help. (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a table in which i have the following data
JOB_NO FILE_ID FILE_NAME
1546148 1378788 PDF Sample -1.pdf
1546148 1378789 PDF Sample -2.pdf
1546149 1378790 PDF Sample -3.pdf
Now I would like use a cursor like thing in unix to download the files using the file ids and send... (1 Reply)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
please help me to know how to move the cursor to the desired position?
For example, in a shell script, I am displaying
echo "\t Enter your Name:"
please help me how to move cursor near the first word.
for example, if the output is as below
... (3 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am running a psychology experiment with a UNIX shell script as a front end. This precedes each trial:
echo -e "\n\n\n ***Ready***"
sleep 1
clear
Is there a way to get rid of the flashing cursor after the clear command has been executed or another command I could use instead? It is a... (0 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there a way of finding the current cursor position (line & column) within AIX (4 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm writing scripts in perl and shell and want to add the oprion of
scrolling cursor on the screen when there is no output to the screen for long time. I saw it in some script but I don't have the source code.
Are anyone know how can I perform this ?
Thanks (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Cursor is blinking (slightly) while loading page in Firefox, or during scrolling a window.
I tried some variants of linux (gnome permanently) and of course my solaris.
May be an artifact of X-window? Cause in windows cursor is stable (i'm feeling more confident).
PS: It makes me nervous. (0 Replies)
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8. Programming
I am using curses.h and signals.h to control output to screen. My code displays an unchanging prompt that waits for user input. Meanwhile alarm signals are being generated that cause other ancillary messages to appear at other locations on the screen at various times.
The problem I have is with... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can anyone tell me how to ouput the current cursor coordinate? I have tried using tput sc and tput rc. However I want to know what the coordinate is.
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Is there a way to get the current cursor position?
I know "tput sc" saves it. Is there a way to find out the value saved?
Thanks. (0 Replies)
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