On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:21:27 -0600, Ron Johnson (ron.l.john...@cox.net) wrote:
> On 2010-03-06 04:28, Bob Cox wrote: >> What I am trying to do is "preload" a bash read command with a value >> which can be accepted, edited or changed by the user. Some googling >> shows that this is dead easy to with the -i option which appeared in >> bash version 4 - I have found this: >> >> --------------------- >> 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. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Please reply to the list only. Do NOT send copies directly to me. http://bobcox.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100306124710.gb25...@bobcox.com
