Hi Ben,   
      
   On 2016-05-24 08:18:43, you wrote to All:   
      
    BR> I need to 1) display a prompt, 2) accept an alphanumeric value and   
    BR> assign it to an environment variable, then 3) test the variable and   
    BR> act on it's value(s). I can do 1) and 3) but how do I accept data into   
    BR> the environment?   
      
    BR> I perused a few scripts and studied how to assign values to the   
    BR> environment, etc., but keyboard input seems to be a rare case {chuckle}.   
      
   Bash has the builtin 'select' command, but also have a look at the 'dialog'   
   command...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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