#!/bin/bash ################################################################# # This script provides a easy menu application to test different # functionalities inside a common scope # # File name: menu.sh # Author: Hannes Bohnengel # Last modified: 19 Sep 2017 # Revision: 0.1 # ################################################################# # Start menu (to save space there is no indentation for the # content of the while loop) while : do # Clear screen clear echo "=================================================" echo "| >>> Test menu application <<< |" echo "=================================================" echo "| Option 1 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1] |" echo "| Option 2 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2] |" echo "| Exit application : . . . . . . . . . . . [x] |" echo "=================================================" # Read user input echo -n "Input: " read -e test echo "" # Option 1 if [ "$test" == "1" ]; then echo -e "Print a line \twith escape characters\n" # Option 2 elif [ "$test" == "2" ]; then echo "2" # Exit menu elif [[ "$test" == "x" || "$test" == "X" ]]; then # Exit while loop and end menu break else echo "Wrong input!" fi # Wait for user to press ENTER to show previous output echo "" read -s -p "Press ENTER to continue" # Alternative with any key: #read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to continue" # End of while loop done # Clear screen clear