Bash: Check if enter was pressed

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intelinside picture intelinside · Apr 30, 2012 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

How can I check in Bash if the Enter key has been pressed? I'm using the read command:

read -p "Please press ENTER" var

Answer

Bruno picture Bruno · Apr 30, 2012

Firstly, check whether the exit status is normal ($? should be 0).

Secondly, check that $var equals "".

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