How to prompt user for input in Linux shell script

This article will introduce to you how to prompt user input in a Linux shell script? Let’s look at the specific content below.

Let’s first look at the command

# read var
# read -s “Waiting for input: ” var

Purpose:

The read command is used to obtain user input in a Linux shell script. The -p switch with the read command is used to display some useful text on the screen. Create a shell script named input.sh and add the following content.

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Enter Your Name: "  username
echo "Welcome $username!"

Let’s execute the shell script

# sh input.sh

Enter Your Name: admin
Welcome admin!

Enter the password in the shell script

If you want to enter the password in the shell script. Do not display any characters entered by the user on the screen. Use -s to indicate silent mode. Characters entered using -s will not be echoed.

#!/bin/bash

read -s -p "Enter Password: " pswd
echo $pswd

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