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2.5) How do I read characters from the terminal in a shell script?
In sh, use read. It is most common to use a loop like
while read line
do
...
done
In csh, use $< like this:
while ( 1 )
set line = "$<"
if ( "$line" == "" ) break
...
end
Unfortunately csh has no way of distinguishing between a blank
line and an end-of-file.
If you're using sh and want to read a *single* character from the
terminal, you can try something like
echo -n "Enter a character: "
stty cbreak # or stty raw
readchar=`dd if=/dev/tty bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null`
stty -cbreak
echo "Thank you for typing a $readchar ."
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