reading the escape key in a script

[lmb5kids]

I have a script that I would like the user to be able to press the escape key to exit, how would I go about reading the escape key in a script ?

Thanks for any help.

 

[PHV]

You can try put the following lines at the beginning of your scripts:
savetty=`stty -g`
stty intr '^['
trap 'stty $savetty; exit 0' 0 1 2 3 15

Hope This Help, PH.
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[aigles]

Congratulations PH, TipMaster of the Week again .

Jean Pierre.

 

[PHV]

Merci JP

 

[vgersh99]

PHV, congrats!

vlad
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