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From:	Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?
Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:48:57
Message-Id:	`olila4$soi$1@blaine.gmane.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD? by Ian Zimmerman

1	On 2017-07-29, Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
2	> On 2017-07-29 19:13, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote:
3	>
4	>> > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device
5	>>
6	>> AFAIK, this is not valid syntax for `read` in any shell (even on
7	>> Debian. I just checked)
8	>
9	> Indeed. That should probably be something like
10	>
11	> PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): '
12	> read -p $PROMPT device
13
14	Nit: that doesn't work quite right either. It should be
15
16	PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): '
17	read -p "$PROMPT" device
18
19	or
20
21	read -p 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device
22
23	--
24	Grant

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[gentoo-user] Re: Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?	Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>