User-Interactive,Shell Scripting

Question

I want to make my script user interactive. On running the script (./versionControl.sh) the first thing that should appear on the screen is

Please enter the package name::

When the user enters the package name it should take that package name as input and do further operations

How can i achieve this? Kindly help

possible duplicate of [How do I prompt for input in a Linux shell script?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/226703/how-do-i-prompt-for-input-in-a-linux-shell-script) — lurker, Feb 20 '14 at 21:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 21:01

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You'll want to use the BASH read command, like so:

echo "Enter your name, followed by [ENTER]:"
read name
echo $name

Check here for more info: read user input

answered Feb 20 '14 at 21:01

binaryatrocity

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`read -p "Enter your name, followed by [Enter]: "` would suffice. – lurker Feb 20 '14 at 21:01
True, condensed is always better, great suggestion @mbratch – binaryatrocity Feb 20 '14 at 21:05

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