From a1ca8fb9bd827f0a277a2692b4d3c8a09666f8a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvain Lefebvre <Sylvain.Lefebvre@inria.fr>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:44:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] non interactive mode for getting started Linux script

---
 get_started_linux.sh | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/get_started_linux.sh b/get_started_linux.sh
index e702cb76..0b5a8d0b 100755
--- a/get_started_linux.sh
+++ b/get_started_linux.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,23 @@ echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "     >>>> it will request sudo access to install packages <<<<"
 echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-read -p "Please type 'y' to go ahead, any other key to exit: " -n 1 -r
-if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
-then
-	echo
-	echo "Exiting."
-	exit
+non_interactive=false
+if [[ "$1" == "--non-interactive" ]]; then
+    non_interactive=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$non_interactive" = true ]; then
+  echo "non-interactive mode"
+else
+  read -p "Please type 'y' to go ahead, any other key to exit: " -n 1 -r
+  if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
+  then
+    echo
+    echo "Exiting."
+    exit
+  fi
+  echo ""
 fi
-echo ""
 
 # -------------- install packages ----------------------------
 # attempt to guess