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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting read -p "prompt text" foo say "read: bad option(s)" in Bourne-Shell Post 302281042 by pludi on Wednesday 28th of January 2009 05:11:35 AM
Old 01-28-2009
A (very) simple substitute would be
Code:
printf "Prompt: "
read command

 

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Git::SVN::Prompt(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Git::SVN::Prompt(3)

NAME
Git::SVN::Prompt - authentication callbacks for git-svn SYNOPSIS
use Git::SVN::Prompt qw(simple ssl_client_cert ssl_client_cert_pw ssl_server_trust username); use SVN::Client (); my $cached_simple = SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(); my $git_simple = SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(&simple, 2); my $cached_ssl = SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(); my $git_ssl = SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_prompt_provider( &ssl_server_trust); my $cached_cert = SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_file_provider(); my $git_cert = SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_prompt_provider( &ssl_client_cert, 2); my $cached_cert_pw = SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_file_provider(); my $git_cert_pw = SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_prompt_provider( &ssl_client_cert_pw, 2); my $cached_username = SVN::Client::get_username_provider(); my $git_username = SVN::Client::get_username_prompt_provider( &username, 2); my $ctx = new SVN::Client( auth => [ $cached_simple, $git_simple, $cached_ssl, $git_ssl, $cached_cert, $git_cert, $cached_cert_pw, $git_cert_pw, $cached_username, $git_username ]); DESCRIPTION
This module is an implementation detail of the "git svn" command. It implements git-svn's authentication policy. Do not use it unless you are developing git-svn. The interface will change as git-svn evolves. DEPENDENCIES
SVN::Core. SEE ALSO
SVN::Client. INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported. BUGS
None. perl v5.16.3 2013-06-10 Git::SVN::Prompt(3)
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