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David B. Kinder 60136f00cb doc: add how to exit from QEMU in samples While trying out the hello_world sample built for QEMU, I was expecting the sample app to exit and I'd return to a command prompt. Nope. You need to exit QEMU manually, so add that step to the sample instructions. Looking around, there are more uses of QEMU like this that could use this added step after running the sample app. Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>		2019-09-02 12:06:08 -04:00
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src	cleanup: include/: move misc/printk.h to sys/printk.h	2019-06-27 22:55:49 -04:00
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README.rst

.. _console_getline_sample:

console_getline() Sample Application
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Overview
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This example shows how to use :cpp:func:`console_getline()` function.
Similar to the well-known ANSI C gets() and fgets() functions,
:cpp:func:`console_getline()` either returns the next available input
line or blocks waiting for one. Using this function, it should be fairly
easy to port existing ANSI C, POSIX, or Linux applications which process
console input line by line. The sample also allows to see details of how
a line is returned by the function.

If you are interested in character by character console input, see
:ref:`console_getchar_sample`.


Requirements
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UART console is required to run this simple.


Building and Running
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The easiest way to run this sample is using QEMU:

.. zephyr-app-commands::
   :zephyr-app: samples/subsys/console/getline
   :host-os: unix
   :board: qemu_x86
   :goals: run
   :compact:

Now start pressing keys on a keyboard, followed by Enter. The input line
will be printed back, with a hex code of the last character, to show that
line does not include any special "end of line" characters (like LF, CR,
etc.)
Exit QEMU by pressing :kbd:`CTRL+A` :kbd:`x`.