Bash Script using read needs to stop executing on Ctrl+D Code Answer

I need to write a script that will add a line to a text file if Enter is pressed.

But, if Ctrl+D is pressed, I need to exit that loop in the bash.

touch texttest.txt
LINE="0"
while true; do
    read LINE;
    if [ "$LINE" == "^D" ]; then
            break
    else
            echo "$LINE" >> texttest.txt
    fi
done

Currently have something like this but cannot figure out how I am do exit the while loop when Ctrl+D is pressed instead of Enter.

Answer

You’re overthinking it. All you need is this:

cat > texttest.txt

Cat will read from STDIN if you’ve not told it different. Since it’s reading from STDIN, it will react to the control character Ctrl+D without your having to specify it. And since Ctrl+D is the only thing that will finish the cat subprocess, you don’t even need to wrap it in a loop.