editing a prompt

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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The problem is that according to the line, you are echoing a line,
and then reading a line and storing it in p. If you want to read the
prompt from teh keyboard, read it directly like this:

read prompt

If you want to set prompt equal to p, then do this:

prompt="$p"
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Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Moore" <christopher.h.moore at verizon.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:34 AM
Subject: editing a prompt


> Hello,
> I'm trying to write a script where the user can edit a prompt. An
> example might be to rename a file and prompt with the existing
> filename (like in winblows explorer).  
> 
> The simple commands look like:
> echo -n "$PROMPT"; read p
> 
> The problem is that the read command won't recognize $PROMPT as
> input even though it prinits on the same line.  
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 
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