nsf(1) General Commands Manual nsf(1) NAME nsf - murata version of 'Shell Form' SYNOPSIS nsf [-bu] [-c #] [-m message] [-i file] [-o file] DESCRIPTION nsf enables 'form input' in a shell script. nsf needs only ncurses li- brary. No needs of X window, WWW(CGI),... And nsf is very small. nsf will be used efficiently with here document in a shell script. Don't forget trap , if need. OPTIONS -b output is for bourne sh (defalt is csh ). -c # cursol initial position. -m message initial warning. -i infile use infile instead of stdin. -o outfile use outfile instead of stdout. -u use underline for input field. Screen, field definition For example: screen saver [~~~~~~~] time out [~~~~~] ^L #v=saver#s=:green:blank:snake:star:#d=green# #v=blanktime#a=fr#d=600# The structure is below. Screen definition ^L #v=name#field attribute#...# #...# In the screen definition, ~ means input field. Screen definition is termi- nated by ^L or @ . And field definitions are: v=name set the name of shell variable at the field. This must be needed always. And optional attributes are defined as a=attributes. attributes are: a auto. If a field is filled,move to next field automatically. d only integer. r only real. (Not allow 'e' expression) f force. u upper case. l lower case. d=default set the defalt value. h=help define help message. s=:opt1:opt2:...: style is selection form. User can select options by push space bar. SEE ALSO ncurses(3), sh(1), csh(1). 1996/08/28 nsf(1)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | Screen, field definition | SEE ALSO
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