54 lines
1.2 KiB
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54 lines
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# Bash User Input
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With the previous script, we defined a variable, and we output the value of the variable on the screen with the `echo $name`.
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Now let's go ahead and ask the user for input instead. To do that again, open the file with your favorite text editor and update the script as follows:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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echo "What is your name?"
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read name
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echo "Hi there $name"
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echo "Welcome to DevDojo!"
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```
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The above will prompt the user for input and then store that input as a string/text in a variable.
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We can then use the variable and print a message back to them.
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The output of the above script would be:
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* First run the script:
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```bash
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./devdojo.sh
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```
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* Then, you would be prompted to enter your name:
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```
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What is your name?
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Bobby
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```
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* Once you've typed your name, just hit enter, and you will get the following output:
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```
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Hi there Bobby
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Welcome to DevDojo!
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```
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To reduce the code, we could change the first `echo` statement with the `read -p`, the `read` command used with `-p` flag will print a message before prompting the user for their input:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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read -p "What is your name? " name
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echo "Hi there $name"
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echo "Welcome to DevDojo!"
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```
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Make sure to test this out yourself as well!
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