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From: nr3m@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Matthew A Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: csh page and prompt script
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Date: 19 Feb 91 02:32:38 GMT
Reply-To: nr3m@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Matthew A Henry)
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Hi,

I am trying to write a csh script that will do the following:
Take the output from ls (it will be a long list of files) and
have that output paged one screen at a time, like it was piped
through more. After each page of the listing is displayed, I 
would like to prompt the user for a string.  If the user hits 
return without entering a string, then the next page of the  
listing would be displayed, but if the user does enter a string, 
I would like it to be assigned to a shell variable, and then 
exit the script.

Any thoughts on the possibility of doing this, e-mailed or posted,
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt Henry

nr3m@unix.cis.pitt.edu