超时
使用 read 命令时要当心。脚本可能会一直苦等着用户输入。如果不管是否有数据输入,脚
本都必须继续执行,你可以用-t 选项来指定一个计时器。-t 选项会指定 read 命令等待输入的
秒数。如果计时器超时,则 read 命令会返回非 0 退出状态码:
- $ cat asknametimed.sh
- #!/bin/bash
- # Using the read command with a timer
- #
- if read -t 5 -p "Enter your name: " name
- then
- echo "Hello $name, welcome to my script."
- else
- echo
- echo "Sorry, no longer waiting for name."
- fi
- exit
- $
- $ ./asknametimed.sh
- Enter your name: Christine
- Hello Christine, welcome to my script.
- $
- $ ./asknametimed.sh
- Enter your name:
- Sorry, no longer waiting for name.
- $
可以不对输入过程计时,而是让 read 命令统计输入的字符数。当字符数达到预设值时,
就自动退出,将已输入的数据赋给变量:
- $ cat continueornot.sh
- #!/bin/bash
- # Using the read command for one character
- #
- read -n 1 -p "Do you want to continue [Y/N]? " answer
- #
- case $answer in
- Y | y) echo
- echo "Okay. Continue on...";;
- N | n) echo
- echo "Okay. Goodbye"
- exit;;
- esac
- echo "This is the end of the script."
- exit
- $
- $ ./continueornot.sh
-
- Do you want to continue [Y/N]? Y
- Okay. Continue on...
- This is the end of the script.
- $
- $ ./continueornot.sh
- Do you want to continue [Y/N]? n
- Okay. Goodbye
- $