please tell me ..

sukhwinder · 03-10-2011, 04:08 AM

How do i take a single line of input from the user in a shell script?

Nylex · 03-10-2011, 04:12 AM

In Bash, you can use "read", e.g.

echo "Enter a sentence: "
read sentence

echo $sentence

You'll probably want to look at the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide at some point.

Edit: also, please use descriptive thread titles in future (i.e. ones that say something about your question/problem), like you're told to do when posting threads.

archtoad6 · 03-10-2011, 05:30 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Programming and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

archtoad6 · 03-10-2011, 05:54 AM

For quick help on read, enter:

Code:

help read

on the command line.

More extensive help is in the man pages for bash & bash-builtins. If you are reading the man page from the CLI (i.e. using less), search for "read \[". OTOH, if you are reading the man page in Konqueror, search for "read [".

Comments
The full bash man page is almost 3400 lines. If you are serious about working in the CLI, I recommend reading it & re-reading it, although perhaps not in one sitting.

The bash-builtins man page is "only" 912 lines & covers just the 59 built in commands.