oh ......i see (i was thinking about something else...sory)

yes but how to add that function to this part

many thanks

how to add enter function in this script?

thanks anyway how to get exit like that

echo -n "are you sure you want to exit program? (y/n) >"
read response
if test $response = y ; then
echo "exiting...

jan@jan-desktop:~/bin$ python menu.py

PROGRAM MENU
1 - open xmms
2 - open emacs
3 - open gparted
4 - open gedit
5 - open firefox
6 - open gaim
7 - open kopete

and please no links

im realy new on python(started today) and i want to know how to write this script in python
#!/bin/bash


function press_enter
{
echo ""
echo -n "Press Enter to continue"
read
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