how can i get this function?

[thebeatlesguru]

in a shell:
echo "press any key to contiune"

to get it,i write :
read AAA
echo "now contiune"
...

but only when i press enter,it could be contiune,any other key does not work?
what's happen?how can i get the function as the echo says:press any key to contiune....

[Deepak Extross]

Wouldn't it be easier to change the message to "press Enter to continue" ? :-)
Since 'read' uses buffered input, you have to wait till Enter is hit.

[Peter Kloetgen]

Hi Guru,

the read-command allways reads from standard input. The input is stopped by the return-key. So it doesn't matter which keys are pressed, the input is ALLWAYS stopped by the return-key.

Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter

[Robin Wakefield]

Hi,

If you have perl, this should do it:

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#!/opt/perl5/bin/perl
system "stty -icanon";
$key=getc;
system "stty icanon";
print "\n";
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Rgds, Robin.

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

See :

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x96a6ee3e323bd5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html


But there is another question, i cant find it, that uses a command to do it.