Implementing a Timeout During Shell Script Data Entry

[Michael Morrell]

/comp.unix.shell/emcguire at ccad.uiowa.edu (Ed McGuire) /  9:20 am  Oct 24, 1990
> You might try using the probably undocumented timeout feature of line(1).
> I'm not sure which versions of Un*x have this "feature", but you could check.

What version if UNIX are you running?  No machine at my site will do it.
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I'm using HP-UX 7.0 (a conglomeration of SysV and BSD4.something), but I fairly
sure it's not unique to HP-UX.  Also, "line" may be a shell builtin on some
systems, which would explain why you don't find a line(1).

   Michael