Simple bash problem: "until"

morrolan · 07-17-2006, 07:58 AM

Hi,
I have a simple bash problem - I have written a bash script which is actually a simple menu structure. I am using "until" loops for it, but I want to be able to press the key for the option and have it change menu, I don't want to have to press enter after every key.

This is what the structure looks like:

Code:

until [ "$utilities_selection" = "0" ]; do

echo "screen full of options"

read utilities_selection

case $utilities_selection in
	1 ) clear ; df ; press_enter ;;
	2 ) clear ; free ; press_enter ;;
	0 ) clear ; confirm_exit ;;
        * ) echo -n "Please enter a valid selection" ;

Is there something I can change about the first line that will enable me to not have to press enter after choosing a selection?

Thanks in advance,
Morrolan

Hobbletoe · 07-17-2006, 08:42 AM

Yeah, you can use

Code:

read -n 1 utilities_selection

That should automatically return after one character (which seems to be the length of your selection. If you get to double digits, you'll have to think up something else).