Bash Scripting Sunday #4: Creating a Simple Interactive Menu in Bash
In this week’s Bash Scripting Sunday, we’re diving into creating simple interactive menus in Bash. If you’ve ever wanted to give your scripts a bit of user interactivity—like choosing from a list of options—you’ll love this one. 🧭 Why Use Menus? Menus are great when: You want to prompt the user for input from a list You’re writing utility scripts with multiple actions You want something more user-friendly than raw read input 🔧 The Basics: select and PS3 Bash comes with a built-in construct called select that makes menus easy. ...