User input

Example 1

• Method 1:

  #!/bin/bash
  echo "This will ask your name and use your name when communicating with you.";
  echo;
  echo -n "What is your name? ";
  read response;
  echo;
  echo "Hello, $response!";
  echo;
  

• Method 2:

  #!/bin/bash
  echo "This will ask your name and use your name when communicating with you.";
  echo;
  read -p "What is your name? " response;
  echo;
  echo "Hello, $response!";
  echo;
  

Example 2

• Method 1:

  #!/bin/bash
  echo "This will change to the directory you specify and list its contents.";
  echo;
  echo -n "Enter the path to the directory: ";
  read response;
  cd $response;
  echo;
  echo "The contents of the directory are:";
  echo;
  ls;
  echo;
  

• Method 2:

  #!/bin/bash
  echo "This will change to the directory you specify and list its contents.";
  echo;
  read -p "Enter the path to the directory: " response;
  echo;
  cd $response;
  echo "The contents of the directory are:";
  echo;
  ls;
  echo;
  

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.