new try: pause function for bash script (Solved)

[davenull]

as the old topic has been closed without resolving the issue:
one more try.
I need sort of pause function for a bash script.
Links which have been provided don't work and a working command has not been shown.

I tried:
read -n1 -r -p key
read -rsp $'Press any key to continue...\n' -n 1 key
read -p "$*"

but the script always runs through - no clue why.

this is the script...

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 cp -av  /home/pi/programs/ /home/pi/raspi_sav/
 cp -av  /home/pi/scripts/ /home/pi/raspi_sav/ 
 cp -av  /home/pi/openvg/ /home/pi/raspi_sav/ 
 cp -av  /home/pi/PIGPIO/ /home/pi/raspi_sav/ 

if [ -e /media/pi/USB120DRV/Akten ]; then
  cp -av /home/pi/raspi_sav/ /media/pi/USB120DRV/Akten/
else
  echo "The folder /media/pi/USB120DRV/Akten does not exist"
fi
read -p -r -n1 key

file copy is ok, but always runs through.

(remark: anyone who does not want to answer is not forced to do so, so please simply ignore it then! )

[jojopi]

All your attempts use bash-specific options to read, which will fail if the script is running in /bin/sh. Since "press any key" already does not work where the any key is Ctrl, CapsLock, etc, I suggest you go with nice, portable:

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echo press Enter
read reply

The other reason read might fail is if the script does not have a standard input stream, because of the way it is started.

[rurwin]

The version you have at the moment definitely isn't right -- the parameter after -p must be the string to use as a prompt -- but it does pause and wait for a key.

How are you calling this script? Is its input stream redirected?

Try this one:

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read -rsp $'Press any key to continue...\n' -n 1 key < /dev/tty

[davenull]

@jojopi:

YES !

THAT was finally a really helpful answer!
Thank you very much!




@rurwin:
yes, I always pointed out that I start this script from the file manager by double-click!
ps,
your comand does not work (illegal option -s -n ... whatever)

[rurwin]

Try the version I posted above (I edited the post).

/dev/tty is the terminal even if input is redirected. Not sure if it will help from a double-click...

[davenull]

your comand does not work (illegal option -s -n ... whatever)

I'll stay with
echo press Enter
read reply

that's handy and simple!
thank you nevertheless!

[QuietZone]

It is quite likely that what the OP is really looking for is:

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xmessage

Or, maybe:

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whiptail

whiptail (or its predecessor, dialog) is nice - except for the fact that it covers the screen, so it kinda defeats the purpose, which is to be able to see the final output of the script before the window is closed.

[davenull]

actually the DOS Batch command
pause
was what I tried to mimic but didn't work

but I'm fine with

echo press Enter
read reply

thank you nevertheless.

[davenull]

at admins:
issue is resolved, topic can be locked.

[QuietZone]

Davenull,
when you are replying to a specific person in a thread (as I am doing here), it is a good idea to include some indication, in the text of your post, as to whom it is that you are responding to.

Thank you.

[davenull]

maybe yes, maybe not.
OT messages are appreciated via PM to keep the thread clean.


anyway, the issue is resolved.

@admins:
thread can be closed.

[liz]

Davenull, that's not how it works. Could you stop raising reports please? You're creating unnecessary work.

[davenull]

I must have misunderstood something -
I thought the report button to report spam and trolls (CMIIW) is intended to report spam and trolls.
Sorry if I missed something.

[jamesh]

Spam is off topic posting, this topic has stayed on topic.

[davenull]

ok, sorry if I missed something.

Davenull,
when you are replying to a specific person in a thread (as I am doing here), it is a good idea to include some indication, in the text of your post, as to whom it is that you are responding to.

Thank you.