I'm making a menu with for my terminal so that when I open it it will present me with a set of locations for me to go to.
It works fine but I'd like some extra things added.
This is my code
PS3="
Choose: "
select option in Tweaks Desktop "/" "~"
do
case $option in
Tweaks) cd "/Users/jontelang/Dropbox/Tweaks/"; break;;
Desktop) cd "/Users/jontelang/Desktop"; break;;
\/) cd "/"; break;;
\~) break;;
esac
done
And it give me this output:
1) Tweaks
2) Desktop
3) /
4) ~
Choose:
When I press RETURN it just shows me the menu again, I'd like to make the menu simply disappear when RETURN is pressed. Anyone know how to do this?
I tried adding *)
, #?)
and variations of those with a break;;
inside but no dice. It works if I enter SPACE then RETURN but this is what I'd like to avoid (2 keystrokes versus 1).
I'd also like to know if there is some way to just let me press the keys (1-4) without having to press RETURN after.
Alright I skipped the whole PS3 thing and just went with
read
and some simple echoes. I'll put this as the answer but if anyone comes up with a definitive answer to the actual problem I'll set that as the answer.The echoes after each
cd
is just for a newline, personal preference.