[PLUG-Devel] busybox ash shell pause command?

[Lisa Kachold]

chat EXPECT?  
chat      


chat       EXPECT [SEND [EXPECT [SEND...]]]

Useful for interacting with a modem connected to stdin/stdout.
A script consists of one or more ``expect-send'' pairs of strings,
each pair is a pair of arguments. Example:
chat '' ATZ OK ATD123456 CONNECT '' ogin: pppuser word: ppppass '~'
Reference:  http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html


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> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:54:21 -0700
> From: alandd at consultpros.com
> To: plug-devel at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: [PLUG-Devel] busybox ash shell pause command?
> 
> I have a script running in a busybox ash shell.  I want the script to
> display a message (echo) and then pause for the user to press a key on
> the terminal.  I can't seem to find the right command to do this.  A
> couple of sites suggest something with the read command like:
> 
> read -p "Press a key"
> 
> or
> 
> read -p "$*"
> 
> But neither of the above result in a pause.  The read command goes
> merrily reading nothing and the script moves on.
> 
> Any other ideas from out there?
> 
> Alan
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