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Bash: Prompt for Input
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| # Ask use for input | |
| # -e - if standard input is coming from a terminal, readline is used to obtain the line | |
| # -p - display prompt on stderr without a trailing new line | |
| default="/usr/locol/etc/" | |
| read -e -p "Enter the path to the file [${default}]: " FILEPATH | |
| FILEPATH=${FILEPATH:-${default}} | |
| echo $FILEPATH |
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