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This page was last updated on March 06, 2014.

This script uses echo to create the prompt and read to read your answer. It accepts a variety of responses.

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Do you wish to take that action? (y/n)";
read response;
echo;
if
	[ "$response" = "y" -o "$response" = "Y" -o "$response" = "yes" -o "$response" = "YES" ];
		then
			echo "You chose yes";
elif
	[ "$response" = "n" -o "$response" = "N" -o "$response" = "no" -o "$response" = "NO" ];
		then
			echo "You chose no";
else
	echo "ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! ABORT! ABORT!";
fi;

This script uses read to create the prompt and read your answer. It accepts a variety of responses.

#!/bin/bash

read -s -n1 -p "Do you wish to take that action? (y/n)" keypress;
echo;
if
	[ "$keypress" = "y" -o "$keypress" = "Y" -o "$keypress" = "yes" -o "$keypress" = "YES" ];
		then
			echo "You chose yes";
elif
	[ "$keypress" = "n" -o "$keypress" = "N" -o "$keypress" = "no" -o "$keypress" = "NO" ];
		then
			echo "You chose no";
else
	echo "ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! ABORT! ABORT!";
fi;

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.