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Old 12-08-2007
Question pause needed for corn shell
I need a user pause for a script file, like the pause command in dos. please help I thought it was the corn shell it is csh.
Last edited by dennysavard; 12-08-2007 at 08:41 PM..
# 2  
Old 12-08-2007
It called the korn shell. How about this...

Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh

function pause
{
typeset savesetting result
print -n "Hit any key to continue..."
savesetting=$(stty -g)
stty -icanon min 1 time 0
result=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null)
stty "$savesetting"
echo
}



echo one
pause
echo two
exit 0

# 3  
Old 12-08-2007
The following is one way of doing it

Code:
read prompt?'Press any key to continue .....'

# 4  
Old 12-08-2007
you can 'sleep' for specified amount of time as well,
"man sleep" for details.
# 5  
Old 12-09-2007
@perderabo

can u explain little bit of the pause function u have written.
# 6  
Old 12-09-2007
It displays:
Hit any key to continue...
then it waits until the user types a key. I looked up the pause command and the docs said that this is what it does. And I just noticed that the OP has edited his first post and now says this is csh. Well sorry, but I'm not a csh guy.
# 7  
Old 12-09-2007
Try this

Code:
#!/bin/csh
/bin/echo "Press any key to continue .....\c"
set dummy = $<

 
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