> To help my scripting, is there a simple way (one liner maybe) to ask for > the user to input a multi-character value and assign it to a variable? >
echo -n "What is V: "; read V; echo $V Remember that bash has a help system for the builtin commands. help read help echo will explain it all. For a pretty good scripting guide, I'd suggest: The Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ HTH -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
