how to Enter data from keyboard in shell programming ?
some command similar to scanf in c
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A:
You can use "read" :
$ cat ./test.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo -n "enter the value : "
read my_var
echo "The value is : $my_var"
And, executing the script :
$ sh ./test.sh
enter the value : 145
The value is : 145
Pascal MARTIN
2009-12-10 05:50:42
Bash: "read" has some useful options, e.g. -p to specify a prompt:read -p 'enter a value : ' my_varPlease see "help read" for more.
fgm
2009-12-10 18:02:58