On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Val Krem <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what you want, but you could always pipe one script into
> another and evaluate the input from the later. Or just call the second
> script from the first in an if.
>
>
> It is not the question of PIPE one script to the other. I want to pause
> the script and see the result then decide to continue or not.
>
>
Something like this? The first "echo" stands in for the entire first part
of the script. The last "echo" stands in for the entire second, condition,
part of the script
#!/bin/bash
echo "I just did the first thing you asked"
#
First section done.
#
# Now ask if we want to go on
declare -l yesno # automatically lower case ${yesno} value
while /bin/true; do # forever!
echo -n -e "Do you want to continue?\nReply yes or no:"
read yesno
test "${yesno}" = "yes" && break # continue if the reply is yes
test "${yesno}" = "no" && exit # abort if the reply is no
echo "Invalid response \"${yesno}\", try again"
done
#
# continue on to the second section
echo "Congratulations, you decided to continue on!"
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