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authornea <romangraef@gmail.com>2022-01-13 00:01:56 +0100
committernea <romangraef@gmail.com>2022-01-13 00:01:56 +0100
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "a$1" == "a--help" ] || [ "a$1" == "a-h" ]; then
+ cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 [-i] \`tty\` "Option A" "Option B"
+Displays the user in the provided tty all the options and lets the user select an option with their keys.
+
+Prints the selected option (or the (0-based) index of that option with the -i flag) to the default stdout.
+
+Exits with code 1 if the user aborted the selection with q.
+EOF
+fi
+
+printidx=0
+if [ "a$1" == "a-i" ]; then
+ printidx=1
+ shift
+fi
+
+tty="$1"
+shift
+options=("${@}")
+optionslength=${#options[@]}
+sel=0
+printf "\e[s" >"$tty"
+while true; do
+ printf "\e[u\e[s\e[K" >"$tty"
+ for ((i = 0; i < optionslength; i++)); do
+ if [ "$i" -eq $sel ]; then
+ printf "\e[30;47m" >"$tty"
+ fi
+ printf "%s\e[40;37m " "${options[$i]}" >"$tty"
+ done
+ case "$(./readkey <"$tty")" in
+ left)
+ sel=$((sel - 1))
+ ;;
+ right)
+ sel=$((sel + 1))
+ ;;
+ q)
+ printf "\e[u\e[KSelection aborted\n" >"$tty"
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ enter)
+ break
+ ;;
+ esac
+ if ((sel < 0)); then
+ sel=0
+ fi
+ if ((sel >= optionslength)); then
+ sel=$((optionslength - 1))
+ fi
+
+done
+printf "\e[u\e[KSelected %s\n" "${options[$sel]}" >"$tty"
+
+if [ "$printidx" -eq 1 ]; then
+ echo "$sel"
+else
+ echo "${options[$sel]}"
+fi