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


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