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Old 11-18-2008
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Originally Posted by DukeNuke2 View Post
check if the variable LOGDIR is empty after the "read". if so set it to the (before) saved value.
USER1="root"
echo "Please enter the user to run the XSS process (press ENTER for $USER):"
read USER
if [ "${USER}" = "" ]
then
USER=$USER1
fi

This would be a way but is not so elegant. And I need about 15 user inputs.

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