input from command line in bash

[Stephen Adler]

Thanks Nathan,

I new it was easy... :)


nmeyers at javalinux.net wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:07:17AM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote:
>   
>> Guys,
>>
>> I know this is easy, but I can never remember how to do it and I can't 
>> find it in the bash
>> man page. (I'm sure its in there...) How do you set the value of a shell 
>> variable
>> from the command line? Basically I want to write a shell script which askes,
>> "Are you sure you want to proceed? [N/y] " and then acts according to user
>> input at the command line.
>>     
>
> This shell statement:
>
>   read X
>
> reads a line of input in the shell variable X.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>   
>> Thanks. Steve.
>>
>>
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