On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 09:44:13 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. (b...@iguanasuicide.net) wrote:
> PROMPT="stuff" > DEFAULT="path" > > printf '%s [%s] ?' "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT" > read FILEPATH > if [ -z "$FILEPATH" ]; then > FILEPATH="$DEFAULT" > fi Boyd and André - thank you both for your suggestions, which are probably as good as it well get, without the -i functionality in bash4 (assuming I stick to bash - Ron's hint re python noted). To be of use to me, I really want the ability to edit the existing text when it is offered to the user and I think an upgrade to bash 4 is going to be worth a try as this is just a part of a quite big bash script which I have been constantly tweaking for years. Thanks again. -- 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/20100306163526.ge25...@bobcox.com
