How to read user input into a variable in Bash

Question

I m trying to create a script that simplifies the process of creating a new user on an iOS device  Here are the steps broken down  fullname  quot USER INPUT quot  user  quot USER INPUT quot  group  user uid 1000 gid 1000 home  var  user echo  quot  group    gid  user quot   gt  gt   private etc group echo  quot  user   uid  gid  0 0  fullname  home  bin sh quot   gt  gt   private etc master passwd passwd  user mkdir  home chown  user  group  home  As you can see some fields require input  How can I request input for a variable in script

User · Answer

Yep  you ll want to do something like this   echo -n  Enter Fullname     read fullname   Another option would be to have them supply this information on the command line   Getopts is your best bet there   Using getopts in bash shell script to get long and short command line options

User · Answer

Also you can try zenity    user   zenity --entry --text  Please enter the username       exit 1

User · Answer

Try this    bin bash  read -p  Enter a word    word echo  You entered  word

User · Answer

Use read -p     fullname  USER INPUT  read -p  Enter fullname    fullname   user  USER INPUT  read -p  Enter user    user   If you like to confirm   read -p  Continue   Y N     confirm  amp  amp      confirm     yY      confirm     yY  eE  sS        exit 1   You should also quote your variables to prevent pathname expansion and word splitting with spaces     passwd   user    mkdir   home    chown   user  group    home

[bash] How to read user input into a variable in Bash?

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