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Cipher · Oct 7th, 2005, 8:59 AM

How do you ask for user input in BaSH?

I was wondering because I am trying to make a file sorter for myself, and I want the script to ask the user what directory that it want's me to sort.

jim mcnamara · Oct 11th, 2005, 8:55 AM

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echo -n "Enter directory name "
read DIRECTORY
echo "Sorting $DIRECTORY..."

Cipher · Oct 13th, 2005, 5:18 PM

Thanks, that's what I needed!

mackenga · Jul 12th, 2006, 5:27 PM

...but the joy of Unix is using pipelines;

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$ ls | sort

Infinite Recursion · Jul 13th, 2006, 8:55 AM

hah, the real joy is throwing in some parameters...

$ ls -lastr | sort

Oct 7th, 2005, 8:59 AM	#1
Cipher Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: /home/cipher Posts: 123 Rep Power: 4	Basic I/O How do you ask for user input in BaSH? I was wondering because I am trying to make a file sorter for myself, and I want the script to ask the user what directory that it want's me to sort. __________________ And there was much rejoicing... Yay....

Oct 11th, 2005, 8:55 AM	#2
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	(Toggle Plain Text) echo -n "Enter directory name " read DIRECTORY echo "Sorting $DIRECTORY..." echo -n "Enter directory name " read DIRECTORY echo "Sorting $DIRECTORY..."

Oct 13th, 2005, 5:18 PM	#3
Cipher Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: /home/cipher Posts: 123 Rep Power: 4	Thanks, that's what I needed! __________________ And there was much rejoicing... Yay....

Jul 12th, 2006, 5:27 PM	#4
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	...but the joy of Unix is using pipelines; (Toggle Plain Text) $ ls \| sort $ ls \| sort __________________ "I'm not a genius. Why do I have to suffer?"

Jul 13th, 2006, 8:55 AM	#5
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	hah, the real joy is throwing in some parameters... $ ls -lastr \| sort __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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