Make script wait for input

How do i make a script wait for user input to declare a variable?

like say i wanted it to do this:

What would you like the variable to be?
>test
Your variable is test.


I want to pause and wait for the user to input something that will declare a variable to be that input.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I am a n00b to all of this of course.

Thanks!
famerjoe

'read' has to be made to timeout - otherwise it just waits. You can also 'sleep' to pause things but, as I say, it's not necessary with 'read'.

can you give an example if it being used to wait for input and then storing that input into a variable?

Thanks!
famerjoe

I think i have figured it out. Thanks for putting me on the right track!

-farmerjoe

No problem.