I have a fallowing simple bash script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Please insert your name: "
read NAME
echo -n "Please enter your sex(m or f, default is m): "
read SEX
echo -n "Please enter your hometown(default is New-York): "
read TOWN
echo
echo
echo name: $NAME
echo sex: $SEX
echo hometown: $TOWN
It works fine, but is it possible to have default values using bash read(1b)? I mean if user is prompter for sex, he just pushes ENTER and by default 'm' is chosen. Or if user is prompted for hometown and he doesn't insert anything, but just pushes ENTER button, 'New-York' sis chosen by default
Are such default values possible in bash?
