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Dynamic menu in bash
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dyn-menu.sh
#!/bin/bash
ENTITIES=$(ls -1)
SELECTION=1
while read -r line; do
echo "$SELECTION) $line"
((SELECTION++))
done <<< "$ENTITIES"
((SELECTION--))
echo
printf 'Select an entity from the above list: '
read -r opt
if [[ `seq 1 $SELECTION` =~ $opt ]]; then
sed -n "${opt}p" <<< "$ENTITIES"
fi
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