Hi,
rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>  I don't see where your selection (in PS3) gets transferred to REPLY
REPLY is filled by bash command "select".
man bash says:
  select name [ in word ] ; do list ; done
         [...]
         The  PS3 prompt is then displayed and a line read from the
         standard input.
         [...]
         The  line  read  is saved  in  the  variable REPLY.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas