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suppressing keyboard input

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How would I change up a script that currently has something like: bash script echo what's 1 2 3 4? then using read 1 2 3 4 I type 1 2 3 4. so in the script i can do stuff like echo $1 $2 $3 $4 and such... i was just doing echo "1 2 3 4"|bash script But was wondering how could I...

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How to read user keyboard input inside the case?

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