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#!/bin/sh
question=$1
default_answer=$(echo $2 | tr a-z A-Z)
# Capitalize the default answer and construct the prompt
if [ "$default_answer" = "Y" ]; then
prompt="${question} (Y/n)? "
else
prompt="${question} (y/N)? "
fi
# Save stty configuration
old_stty_cfg=$(stty -g)
# Use stty to make read command work for single character input
stty raw -echo
printf "%s" "$prompt" >&2
while true
do
answer=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null)
if printf "%s" "$answer" | grep -iq "^y\|^n"; then
break
elif [ "$(printf "%d" "'$answer'")" -eq 3 ]; then
stty "$old_stty_cfg"
printf '\n'
exit 2
elif [ "$(printf "%d" "'$answer'")" -eq 13 ]; then
answer=""
break
fi
done
stty "$old_stty_cfg" >&2 # Restore original stty configuration
# If no answer is given, use the default answer
if [ -z "$answer" ]; then
answer=$default_answer
fi
# Print the answer and return appropriate exit code
printf "%s\n" "$(echo $answer | tr a-z A-Z)" >&2
if [ "$answer" = "Y" -o "$answer" = "y" ]; then
exit 0
else
exit 1
fi