This is probably common knowledge to the professionals but not so much for amateurs like myself.
This is a code snippet for the equivalent of BASIC's...
LET char$=INKEY$
As the timeout parameter cannot be less than 1 second then this is the only limitation...
It is a single line function which has a variable "char"...
Read the code for more information...
There are now two versions, edit out and choose which is best for you...
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#!/bin/bash
# An INKEY$ function for bash!
inkey() { char="" ; read -p "" -n1 -s -t1 char ; }
# Similar to BASIC's LET char$=INKEY$
# Do you remember INKEY$ in BASIC programming?
# Example:-
#
# PRINT "Some prompt:- "
# some_label:
# LET char$=INKEY$
# IF char$="<some_character>" THEN <do_something>
# IF char$="" THEN <do_something_else>
# GOTO some_label
# This is just a test piece only...
while true
do
printf "Some prompt:- "
# This is LET char$=INKEY$...
inkey
printf "$char...\n"
if [ "$char" == "q" ]
then
printf "\nQuitting...\n\n"
break
fi
if [ "$char" == "" ]
then
printf "Timeout works OK...\n"
fi
if [ "$char" == "b" ]
then
printf "Barry Walker...\n"
fi
done
Version two...
Edit out as required...
#!/bin/bash
# Another INKEY$ function for bash!
inkey() { char="" ; stty -icanon min 0 time 1 ; char=`dd count=1 2> /dev/null` ; }
# Similar to BASIC's LET char$=INKEY$
# Do you remember INKEY$ in BASIC programming?
# Example:-
#
# PRINT "Some prompt:- "
# some_label:
# LET char$=INKEY$
# IF char$="<some_character>" THEN <do_something>
# IF char$="" THEN <do_something_else>
# GOTO some_label
while true
do
printf "Some prompt:- "
# This is LET char$=INKEY$...
inkey
printf "$char...\n"
if [ "$char" == "q" ]
then
printf "\nQuitting... \n\n"
break
fi
if [ "$char" == "" ]
then
printf "Timeout works OK...\n"
fi
if [ "$char" == "b" ]
then
printf "Barry Walker...\n"
fi
done
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I really don't care how you vote this as it will be useful to someone...
Obviously with the downvote, not to professionals however...
Bazza, G0LCU...
Someone voted it down.
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