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Firstly, thanks for the replies, guys.. i appreciate the help.

ilikecows: yes, changed it to #!/bin/bash but makes no difference.

kshji: I need to use the read -r option so that it interprets...

#!/bin/sh
read -rp "Command to execute: " the_command
echo "$the_command"
eval "$the_command"
Here's what happens:

but now i enter the command as echo "cat" but realise it's supposed to be...

Hi all,

I'm sure this is quite a simple problem, but i'm completely new to shell scripting, so bare with me. Having problems with the read command. Here's what I have:

read -rp "Command to...