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Subject:  Re: Bash-Scripting: any way to pre-initialize readline's edit buffer   with a user-defined string?
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Sven Severus wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> a simple (i hope ;->) question for bash scripting experts:
> 
> I want to write a script, that interactivly prompts the user
> for a couple of input items. So my bash code looks like
> this:      read -er -p"ItemX: " ITEMX
> Most of the items have default values, and I would find it
> very user-friendly, if readline's edit buffer would be pre-
> initialized with this default value, instead of an empty string.
> Then the user just has to hit <return> to enter the default
> value, very comfortable.
> 
> Any idea how to achieve this?
> Thanks.

1. This has nothing to do with cygwin. You should be asking on the bash 
mailing list.

2. Try:

echo -n "Input [default]: "
read input
[ -z "$input" ] && input=default

...I do it all the time.

-- 
Matthew
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