[PLUG] bash command to wait for key press

[Chris Jantzen]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 04:55:53PM -0800, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 16:17, David Fleck wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote:
> > > How about
> > >
> > > echo -n "Please insert a CD"
> > > read cd
> > > echo "Thanks for the CD"
> > >
> > > read will wait for the input and return key..
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > 
> > Or:
> > 
> >   read -p "Please insert a CD: " cd
> 
> I like better then my solution..

Although, for the record, -p is a bashism and is non-portable to other
POSIX-like shells. No reason not to use it in particular, it is certainly
more elegant, but be aware in case it breaks on a non-GNU system and
you can't figure out why. Be safe: use #!/bin/bash instead of #!/bin/sh

-- 
chris kb7rnl =->
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