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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] Variable Name as a Prompt Post 302631079 by methyl on Thursday 26th of April 2012 05:24:04 PM
Old 04-26-2012
Please post what Operating System and version you are running and what Shell you use.

If I guess that you have a Shell which creates a sub-shell for a function then variables become local to that function.
A common circumvention is:

EDIT: This script does not work! Ignore it.

Code:
VariableName()
{
        echo "***************************************"
        echo -n "Please Enter Variable Name : "
        read Read_VariableName
        echo "${Read_VariableName}"
}

VariableName | read Read_VariableName

echo "${Read_VariableName}"

Last edited by methyl; 04-27-2012 at 11:14 AM.. Reason: Script error.
 

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