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Not accepting default Y

Gelldur
– Gelldur

2015-02-20 14:43:10 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 14:43
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For default Y if [[ $response =~ ^(yes|y| ) ]] | [ -z $response ]; then

Gelldur
– Gelldur

2015-02-20 14:48:38 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 14:48
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In the regex, there is no need to match both yes and y, just y beginning is enough. Also, if default needs to be no, then the following would be helpful. read "response?Are you sure ? [Y/n] " && if [[ "$response" =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then echo "Yes, you did it."; else echo "No, narrow escape"; fi

Gopal
– Gopal

2018-06-28 20:42:45 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 20:42

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