UserInput

This page was last updated on April 4, 2012.

Example 1

#!/bin/bash
echo "This will change to the directory you specify and list its contents.";
echo;
echo "Enter the path to the directory where you want to copy the files to:";
echo;
read P;
cd $P;
echo "The contents of the directory are:";
ls;

Example 2

#!/bin/bash
# This is an instructional script created by Little Girl to
# show how to use input from others in scripts. It will delete
# a file in a location of your choosing, so you might want to
# create a junk file somwhere before running it.
#
# Introduce the script, letting the user know what it will do.
echo "THIS SCRIPT WILL DELETE A FILE IN A LOCATION YOU SPECIFY.";
echo;
# Tell the user how to abort the script if they'd rather not run it.
echo "PRESS CTRL+C OR CLOSE THE TERMINAL WINDOW TO ABORT THIS SCRIPT.";
echo;
# Ask the user for input.
echo "ENTER THE PATH TO THE DIRECTORY THE FILE IS IN:";
echo;
# Read the user's input.
read input1;
echo;
# Tell the user what you're doing.
echo "CHANGING TO THE DIRECTORY AND LISTING ITS CONTENTS:";
echo;
# Use the input given by the user to change to that directory.
cd $input1;
echo;
# List the contents of the current directory.
ls -l;
echo;
# Ask the user for more input.
echo "ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU'D LIKE TO DELETE HERE:";
echo;
# Read the user's input.
read input2;
echo;
# Tell the user what you're doing.
echo "REMOVING $input2.";
# Use the input given by the user to remove that file.
rm $input2;
echo;
# Tell the user what you're doing.
echo "VERIFYING THAT THE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED:";
echo;
# List the contents of the current directory.
ls -l;
# Tell the user the script is done and give the user their terminal prompt back.
echo -n "DONE! PRESS THE ENTER KEY TO EXIT THIS SCRIPT.";
read keypress;

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.