select menus.

[AllaN01Bear]

in my old dos days id be able to make a select menu .
such as 1) ms word 2) star trek. 3 ) calculator.
you get the picture .
i am now on mac os . i have been playing with terminal and wondering if i could do same .
i found examples that are full of errors as the terminal will debug. so, i give up.

[usonian]

1. If it's really simple (textual) you can do it in shell scripts.

Using the cursor is more complicated (been there, done that) and requires curses and termcap stuff. There may be packages that encapsulate that, but it would take time to look up.

Here are two quick finds:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-a-selection-menu-using-the-select-statement-in-bash-shell

to get a screen like this:

Choose one:
1) file1
2) file2
3) file3
#? 1
You selected file1

More complex stuff at askubuntu.com (only try the simple stuff, please)
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1705/how-can-i-create-a-select-menu-in-a-shell-script


NOTE: Apple changed the default shell to zsh in recent releases (Ventura and newer? ), so if you want good old bash shell, you have to change your login.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. thanks . ill give them a try.