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2013-03-28T17:51:32-07:00Barry Walkerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4177147/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578502-two-versions-of-bash-one-liner-inkey-functions/
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Bash
recipe 578502
by <a href="/recipes/users/4177147/">Barry Walker</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/bash/">bash</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/function/">function</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/inkey/">inkey</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/shell/">shell</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>This is probably common knowledge to the professionals but not so much for amateurs like myself.</p>
<p>This is a code snippet for the equivalent of BASIC's...</p>
<p>LET char$=INKEY$</p>
<p>As the timeout parameter cannot be less than 1 second then this is the only limitation...</p>
<p>It is a single line function which has a variable "char"...</p>
<p>Read the code for more information...</p>
<p>There are now two versions, edit out and choose which is best for you...</p>