On 2017-07-29, Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote: > On 2017-07-29 19:13, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: > >> > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device >> >> AFAIK, this is not valid syntax for `read` in any shell (even on >> Debian. I just checked) > > Indeed. That should probably be something like > > PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' > read -p $PROMPT device
Nit: that doesn't work quite right either. It should be PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' read -p "$PROMPT" device or read -p 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device -- Grant
