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Re: [Help-bash] Functions and interactive scripts


From: Richard Taubo
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Functions and interactive scripts
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:47:41 +0100

On 19 Mar 2015, at 11:30, Pierre Gaston <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> the most straightforward is to use read -p as it prints the prompt on
> standard error
> 
> function ask_question() {
>        read -p "$1" ans
>        printf "Answer: %s\n"  "$ans"
> }
> 
> Using a global variable is not a bad idea either, as it avoids the subshell
> and is faster.


OK, thanks for the input!

Best regards,
Richard Taubo



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