ASK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 7 November 1988
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NAME

ask - interactively select arguments

SYNOPSIS

ask [ -s string ] argument ...

DESCRIPTION

ask writes its arguments one at a time on standard error, and prompts for a reply. A response beginning with y or Y selects that argument to be printed to standard output, anything else rejects it.

ask is useful for interactively selecting arguments for a command from a wildcard specification.

OPTIONS

-s: The argument following is the first part of each prompt.

EXAMPLE

Assume your directory contains the files a b c and d:

% cp `ask -s copy *` /dest
copy a? y
copy b?
copy c? y
copy d?

The result is that cp a c /dest is executed.

AUTHOR

Ken Yap (University of Rochester)

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