# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # test behavior of native readline timeouts read -t 0.001 -e var estat=$? if [ $estat -gt 128 ]; then echo timeout 1: ok else echo $estat fi echo ${var:-unset or null 1} read -e -t 0.1 var estat=$? if [ $estat -gt 128 ]; then echo timeout 2: ok else echo $estat fi echo ${var:-unset or null 2} read -e -t 1 var < /dev/tty estat=$? if [ $estat -gt 128 ]; then echo timeout 3: ok else echo $estat fi echo ${var:-unset or null 3} sleep 2 | read -t 1 -e a estat=$? if [ $estat -gt 128 ]; then echo timeout 4: ok else echo $estat fi # the above should all time out echo abcde | { read -e -t 2 a echo $a }