Note that this catches all keys except keys like Shift, Alt, Ctrl, Windows, Alt-menu, and Command ( ). The simplest way, that I found, to accomplish this is: The man page under MacOS X is somewhat limited, not sure why, so I recommend looking at the link. Obviously, you can apply this to your own script which may or may not be related to anything Lazarus Pascal.įor this we use the “read” command (man page), which is available under Linux and MacOS X.

Before the “make” starts, I’d like to review what was updated from SVN, just to give me an idea what to expect once the compiler and linker are done creating a new version of Lazarus Pascal. For example, I made a script which does an SVN update of Lazarus Pascal, and then does a full clean “make”.

In certain situations, one may want a “ Press any key to continue” option in a script, to give the user some time to review certain output of the script. Please consider disabling your ad blocker for our website.We rely on these ads to be able to run our website.You can of course support us in other ways (see Support Us on the left). Additional Services!' style='margin-right:4px '> Sharing this page - This page has been shared this many times'> ' style='margin-right:10px '> Share this page at. ' style='margin-right:10px '> eMail - eMail this page to friends. After all, it may be good reference for myself and for others.These methods work for Linux and MacOS. Since it took me a little effort, I figured let’s describe this in an article. I wanted to see the SVN result first before proceeding with recompile, so I had to add a “ Press Any Key To Continue” option in the script. The day I had to create a script to help me do an SVN update followed by a massive recompile.

Working with scripts in Bash (Terminal or Shell) isn’t what I do daily.

In this article I’ll describe what I have used to create a “ Press Any Key to Continue” in a Bash script (Linux/MacOS X). '> Comments - Give us your opinion, and read opinions of others. Related Articles - Jump straight to an overview of related articles (if any).

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