read a single pushed key by a dash script

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:59:46 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>stty -icanon -echo
>REPLY=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null)
>stty icanon echo

Thank you,

I'm uncertain if stty is more neat, than simply using bash's read. I
had in mind, that it could cause issues, but indeed, your suggestion
seems to work without issues.

ubuntu-mate at ubuntu-mate:~$ cat /tmp/test.sh 
#!/bin/dash

for i in 1 2 3; do
  stty -icanon -echo
  REPLY=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null)
  stty icanon echo
  echo $REPLY
done

for i in 1 2 3; do
  bash -c "read -n1 answer"
  echo $answer
done

exit

Regards,
Ralf