BASH: When reading user input, Enter brings new line

Question

I need following sample bash script to behave as follows:

echo -e "Enter name: \c" read U_IP_NAME echo -e "You said your name is : $U_IP_NAME"

This will output to:

Enter name: Alok You said your name is : Alok

But it I want it to be:

You said your name is : Alok

Is there a way to achieve this?

[Solved with solution given by: mouviciel]

That is exactly what I want.. I want to either echo on last line, or while reading user input, make keyboard's "enter" NOT go to next line. — That krazee guy
– That krazee guy, Commented May 10, 2012 at 14:37
If I can stay on the same line, echo -e "\rblahblah" will help(Fill the line again from 0'th offset). But How do I stay on the same line after user hits enter? — That krazee guy
– That krazee guy, Commented May 10, 2012 at 14:38

mouviciel · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 15:02:12Z

You want to move the cursor up one line. This is achieved with tput cuu1:

echo -e "Enter name: \c" read U_IP_NAME tput cuu1 echo -e "Your said your name is : $U_IP_NAME"

More info with man tput and man terminfo.

user unknown · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 15:26:48Z

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read -p "Enter your uip-name: " U_IP_NAME

-p for prompt

answered May 10, 2012 at 15:26

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gpojd · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 15:49:41Z

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You can try this syntax:

U_IP_NAME="${U_IP_NAME%\\n}"

answered May 10, 2012 at 15:49

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