Category: Bash Scripts
Added: 2nd of August 2022
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➔ Create a simple bash script in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributionsGetting user input bash scripts
The following bash script gets the user input by using the read command and then printing out the results in the terminal.
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Copy and past the code below in to your text editor, save the file as user_input.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo "What is your name?"
read name
echo "How old are you?"
read age
echo "Hello $name, you are $age years old"
echo "What is your name?"
read name
echo "How old are you?"
read age
echo "Hello $name, you are $age years old"
Make the file executable by entering the following command
chmod +x user_input.sh
Run the script by entering
./user_input.sh