Question

I am trying to write a script that will contain multiple commands which the user will be prompted to run up front, and run a dynamic set of those commands based on user input

So, lets say for example I setup functions for the commands that I need to run

    command1 () { some_command; }
    command2 () { some_command; }
    command3 () { some_command; }
    command4 () { some_command; }

Followed by a series of prompts

Do you want to run command1?
Do you want to run command2?
Do you want to run command3?
Do you want to run command4?

For this example, assume Y, N, Y, Y so I need to run command1, command3, command4
I hope that gets the point across.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The read command is just what you need http://www.vias.org/linux-knowhow/bbg_sect_08_02_01.html

short example

Applying user input to the variable ‘foo’

# Just showing a nice message along with it.
echo -n "Would you like to run command1? (Y/N) "
read foo

Then you could just test the value of the foo variable

if [ "$foo" == "Y" ]; then
  command1
fi