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User Interaction

User Interaction

Owned by Daniel Stonier

Last updated: Mar 10, 2021

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About

Interacting with the user for, e.g. input.

Code Snippets

function proceed_prompt () {
    read -p "Proceed? [Y/n]" -n 1 -r
    if [[ -z $REPLY ]]; then
       return 0
    elif [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
        echo    # move to a new line
        return 0
    else
        echo    # move to a new line
        return 1
    fi
}
proceed_prompt || { echo "Aborting"; return; }