In <[🔎] 20100306124710.GB25598@bobcox.com>, Bob Cox wrote: >On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:21:27 -0600, Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) wrote: >> On 2010-03-06 04:28, Bob Cox wrote: >>> --------------------- >>> 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? >> >> How about: >> >> read ... >> if [ -z "$FILEPATH" ] >> then >> FILRPATH=/usr/local/etc/" >> if > >Thanks Ron. I can see what you are getting at, but unless I am missing >something, that still won't display the contents of the string to the >user, providing him or her with the opportunity to accept or edit it. PROMPT="stuff" DEFAULT="path" printf '%s [%s] ?' "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT" read FILEPATH if [ -z "$FILEPATH" ]; then FILEPATH="$DEFAULT" fi -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.