Linux shell script
1. redirect stdout/stderr
$yourshellscript 1>outputfile 2>&1
2. getchar in Linux shell for fileentry in `find $CVSROOTFOLDER -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name "CVSROOT" ! -name "CVS-Root" -print` do if [ -d $fileentry ]; then i=`expr $i + 1` echo "$i ####start " $fileentry convertmycvs $fileentry read -p "Press any key to continue." fi done