Arrow Keys in BASH

#!/bin/bash
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#create a variable that holds an escape character
char=$(printf "\u1b")
while [ 1 ]
do
  read -rsn1 key;
  [[ $key == "q" ]] && exit

  if [[ $key == $char ]]
  then
    read -rsn2 key
    [[ $key == "[A" ]] && echo "Up"
    [[ $key == "[B" ]] && echo "Down"
    [[ $key == "[C" ]] && echo "Right"
    [[ $key == "[D" ]] && echo "Left"
  fi
done

# to find the value of other keys
#while [ 1 ]; do read -rsn1 key;[[ $key == $char ]] && read -rsn2 key;printf %q "$key";done