.tui

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@
 ## v2 update
 - The bottom empty row now visibly shows the cursor.
 - When TUI exits normally, the shell integration changes the parent Bash shell to the directory where TUI was closed.
+
+## v2 fix – interactive shell commands and exit directory
+
+- Fixed interactive action commands: the command loop no longer redirects stdin from the command file.
+- Commands such as `unzip -l <path> && read -rp "Enter..." || read -rp "FAILED..."` now receive input from the real terminal.
+- The final TUI directory is always applied to the parent Bash shell when TUI exits, including Ctrl+C/SIGINT.

tui/tui-shell.bash

@@ -70,11 +70,16 @@ tui() {
         # change the parent Bash shell to the directory where TUI was
         # actually closed. This includes Ctrl+C (status 130).
         if (( rc != 42 )); then
-            cd "$tui_cwd" || {
+            # The TUI writes its actual final directory in cwd_file in its
+            # finally block. Always apply it to the parent Bash shell before
+            # handling the exit status, including SIGINT/Ctrl+C.
+            if cd "$tui_cwd"; then
+                rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
+            else
+                printf 'tui: cannot cd to final directory: %s\n' "$tui_cwd" >&2
                 rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
                 return 1
-            }
+            fi
-            rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
             if (( rc == 130 )); then
                 return 0
             fi
@@ -90,7 +95,12 @@ tui() {
             return 1
         }
 
-        while IFS= read -r cmd; do
+        # Do not redirect stdin while executing commands: commands may need
+        # interactive input (for example `read`, `joe`, or `less`). Read the
+        # command list into an array first, then let each command inherit the
+        # real terminal stdin.
+        mapfile -t tui_commands < "$command_file"
+        for cmd in "${tui_commands[@]}"; do
             [[ -z "$cmd" ]] && continue
 
             history -s -- "$cmd"
@@ -102,7 +112,7 @@ tui() {
                 read -rp 'Tryck Enter för att fortsätta...' _
                 break
             fi
-        done < "$command_file"
+        done
 
         popd >/dev/null || true