input from command line in bash

[nmeyers at javalinux.net]

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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