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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using read to prompt for editable user input in Bash 3 Post 302737075 by woodson2 on Wednesday 28th of November 2012 10:41:44 AM
Old 11-28-2012
Thanks for this code.

Although it's not quite what I'm looking for it's definitely a more portable way of doing things.

The code you proposed results in the following output:

Please enter the username you would like to add to LDAP (user1):



The code I use in BASH 4 results in the following output:

Please enter the username you would like to add: user1


The user name is populated on the editable line already so I can hit enter and accept or hit backspace and make the changes I want.


It's really semantics but It can save a few key strokes.
 

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