bash scripting question

Red Squirrel · 07-11-2005, 06:14 PM

Is it possible to prompt a user for a value, then store it in a variable? I've been all over google, cant seem to find any answers. I know I can pass a variable when calling the script, but I want the script to prompt for it instead, since this script will rarely be used so rather then have to look at the source each time, or accidentally call it directly or something, I just want it to prompt (if possible).

t0bbage · 07-11-2005, 09:57 PM

Try this

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo What is your name?
read name
echo Hello "$name"