What I am trying to do is "preload" a bash read command with a value which can be accepted, edited or changed by the user. Some googling shows that this is dead easy to with the -i option which appeared in bash version 4 - I have found this:
--------------------- Example: ask for a path with a default value. Note: The -i option was introduced with Bash 4. read -e -p "Enter the path to the file: " -i "/usr/local/etc/" FILEPATH The user will be prompted, he can just accept the default, or edit it. --------------------- This is exactly what I want. However, for the sake of compatibility, I would like to do the same thing using older versions of bash, even if it means messier coding. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this please? -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Please reply to the list only. Do NOT send copies directly to me. http://bobcox.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
