Section two: prompts

April 1, 2026 · View on GitHub

Library file	Function	Sections	Content	help file
bmtPrompt	bmtPromptFunc	201-210	Prompts	bmtPrompt.md

Section Two, Prompts sub-sections

Keyword is line, first option the character, second option is colour, if no colour passed default is "bold cyan"

bmtPromptFunc line    "=" 
bmtPromptFunc line    "8" red

Keyword is yesnoquit , returns codes based on user input

echo  "Do you want to foo? [y/n/q] :"
bmtPromptFunc yesnoquit

Returns 0 for yes , 2 for no , 3 for quit

Keyword is yesno , returns codes based on user input second option yes

echo "Do you want to foo? [y/N] :"
bmtPromptFunc yesno yes

Returns 0 for yes , 2 for no , 50 for bad user option

Keyword is yesno , returns codes based on user input second option is no

echo "Do you want to foo? [Y/n] :"
bmtPromptFunc yesno no

Returns 0 for no , 2 for yes , 50 for bad user option

Keyword is anykey , first option amended text, second option is colour, if no colour passed default is "bold cyan"

bmtPromptFunc anykey "my Text here"
bmtPromptFunc anykey "my Text here" u_red

Keyword is quitno , returns codes based on user input second option quit

echo "Do you want to foo? [q/N] :"
bmtPromptFunc quitno quit

Returns 0 for quit , 2 for no , 50 for bad user option

Keyword is quitno , returns codes based on user input second option no

echo "Do you want to foo? [Q/n] :"
bmtPromptFunc quitno no

Returns 0 for no , 2 for quit , 50 for bad user option

Exits program if user presses N , continues if user presses yes. Param1 Message Custom. Param2 is colour, if no colour passed default is "bold cyan"

bmtPromptFunc wishtocontinue "Do you wish to contine?"

bmtPromptFunc centertext "Hello World."

bmtPromptFunc eventstatus "Installing bashMultiTool" "OK"