Writing a small script that will prompt me for a value?

[MAD_2]

I am writing a small script that will transfer directoreis/files to valid host names.

However, I am not sure how to prompt for the valid value so that the user may choose a string to validate the transfer.

Please provide me with a small clue, that's the only section I am not done with yet.

I am using ksh!

[John Carr_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi

read myinput

this will assign the entered string to the variable which can then be processed accordingly.

John.

[MAD_2]

Thanks John, that's what I was looking for...

[Robert R. Colp]

I know that is the answer for most shells, however if you are using csh you need to use the "$<" to direct the input to your script file. (I only post this if someone else is trying to make the "read" command work with csh).

[Niraj Kumar Verma]

Hi,

you can also use

line myinput

read more about line
# man line

This has a advantage of specifying the timeout period also.

-Niraj