Your question has already been answered, but in case you didn't already know... There's some pretty good How-tos available at http://tldp.org/ Search for: "Bash programming" Bart On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 21:58, Mike Starke wrote: > I am trying to convert a couple perl scripts to simple > shell scripts (nothing but a simple excercise for myself). > > The basic format I have always used went something like this: > > print "Enter Your Name: "; > $name = ; > chomp $name; > > Would the following be the proper way for bash? > > echo "EnterYour Name: " > read -e NAME > echo $NAME > > -- > -Mike > > :wq! > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss