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inquire () { echo -n "$1 [y/n]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire "Install now?" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [y/n]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire "Install now?" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [y/n]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire "Install now?" ... 
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2[y/$3]n]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire ""Install"Install now? " "y" "n" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2/$3]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire ""Install now? " "y" "n" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [y/n]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire "Install now?" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2/$3]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done }
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inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2/$3]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire ""Install now? " "y" "n" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2/$3]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done }
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inquire ""Install now? " "y" "n"
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Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
inquire () { echo -n "$1 [$2/$3]? " read answer finish="-1" while [ "$finish" = '-1' ] do finish="1" if [ "$answer" = '' ]; then answer="" else case $answer in y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";; n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";; *) finish="-1"; echo -n 'Invalid response -- please reenter:'; read answer;; esac fi done } ... other stuff inquire ""Install now? " "y" "n" ... Where'd my formatting go? I guess that shows what happens if you cut and paste from unix text.
