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# Read a single char from /dev/tty, prompting with "$*" | |
# Note: pressing enter will return a null string. Perhaps a version terminated with X and then remove it in caller? | |
# See https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/367880/143394 for dealing with multi-byte, etc. | |
get_keypress() { | |
local REPLY IFS= | |
printf >/dev/tty '%s' "$*" | |
[[ $ZSH_VERSION ]] && read -rk1 # Use -u0 to read from STDIN | |
# See https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/383197/143394 regarding '\n' -> '' | |
[[ $BASH_VERSION ]] && read </dev/tty -rn1 | |
printf '%s' "$REPLY" | |
} | |
# Get a y/n from the user, return yes=0, no=1 enter=$2 | |
# Prompt using $1. | |
# If set, return $2 on pressing enter, useful for cancel or defualting | |
get_yes_keypress() { | |
local prompt="${1:-Are you sure} [y/n]? " | |
local enter_return=$2 | |
local REPLY | |
# [[ ! $prompt ]] && prompt="[y/n]? " | |
while REPLY=$(get_keypress "$prompt"); do | |
[[ $REPLY ]] && printf '\n' # $REPLY blank if user presses enter | |
case "$REPLY" in | |
Y | y) return 0 ;; | |
N | n) return 1 ;; | |
'') [[ $enter_return ]] && return "$enter_return" ;; | |
esac | |
done | |
} | |
# Credit: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14444/143394 | |
# Prompt to confirm, defaulting to NO on <enter> | |
# Usage: confirm "Dangerous. Are you sure?" && rm * | |
confirm() { | |
local prompt="${*:-Are you sure} [y/N]? " | |
get_yes_keypress "$prompt" 1 | |
} | |
# Prompt to confirm, defaulting to YES on <enter> | |
confirm_yes() { | |
local prompt="${*:-Are you sure} [Y/n]? " | |
get_yes_keypress "$prompt" 0 | |
} |
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