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Getting user input bash scripts

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Added: 2nd of August 2022

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The following bash script gets the user input by using the read command and then printing out the results in the terminal.

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Copy and past the code below in to your text editor, save the file as user_input.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

echo "What is your name?"
read name
echo "How old are you?"
read age
echo "Hello $name, you are $age years old"

Make the file executable by entering the following command

chmod +x user_input.sh

Run the script by entering

./user_input.sh

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