Re: select w.o. ENTER

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2026-05-06 11:01, Mark J. Reed wrote:

That's just not how select(1) works. If you want a menu that lets the user respond with a keypress, you need to roll your own.

    I figured it would be doable but I didn't suspect it would be this
    easy:

chosen=0

while (( chosen < 1 || chosen >$#path )); do

    for (( i=1; i<$#path; ++i)); do

        printf '%d) %s\n' "$i" "${path[i]}"

    done

    printf '%s' "$PS3"

    read -k chosen

done

pith=$path[$chosen]

    ... mind, pressing ENTER isn't exactly difficult.
    
    Thanks Mark