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# 1  
Old 12-21-2016
Read -p problem
Hi, Smilie

I tried to make of "line returns" with "\n" :
Code:
read -p $'Do you really want append this line in '$CONFIG_FILE''\n'IP CLIENT: '$IP_INPUT'   -   PATH: '$PATH_INPUT''\n'y/n ?:' CONFIRM_INPUT

But it didn't work, please anyone have an idea? Smilie
# 2  
Old 12-21-2016
One way:
Code:
read -p "Do you really want append this line in $CONFIG_FILE
$IP CLIENT: $IP_INPUT   -   PATH: $PATH_INPUT
y/n ?:" CONFIRM_INPUT

Another way:
Code:
read -p "Do you really want append this line in $CONFIG_FILE"$'\n'"$IP CLIENT: $IP_INPUT   -   PATH: $PATH_INPUT"$'\n'"y/n ?:" CONFIRM_INPUT



--
Or, without -p:
Code:
printf 'Do you really want append this line in %s\n%s CLIENT: %s   -   PATH: %s\ny/n ?:' "$CONFIG_FILE" "$IP" "$IP_INPUT" "$PATH_INPUT"
read CONFIRM_INPUT

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-21-2016 at 07:37 PM..
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Old 12-26-2016
Thank you !
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