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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash read input in case statement not working as expected Post 303024345 by apmcd47 on Saturday 6th of October 2018 06:10:37 PM
Old 10-06-2018
Bash has a built-in menu command called select. Consider this code snippet:

Code:
words=(8hrs 24hrs 48hrs 72hrs 96hrs 1wk 2wk)
PS3="Enter a number or q to quit "
printf "How long would you like to grant access to %s?\n" "$USERNAME"
select time in "${words[@]}"
do
   [[ "$REPLY" == [qQ]* ]] && break
   case "${time:-null}" in
      8hrs) break ;;
      24hrs) break ;;
      48hrs) break ;;
      72hrs) break ;;
      96hrs) break ;;
      1wk) break ;;
      2wk) break ;;
      null)
         printf "incorrect answer. Please enter a number 1-%d\n" ${#words[@]}
         ;;
   esac
done

The major difference between this and your version is no default value. You could add one by putting this line before the case statement:
Code:
   [[ -z "$REPLY" ]] && time=8hrs

Andrew
 

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If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
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