<div>
Here's one way, without any error checking:<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-36574318-1">#!/usr/bin/tcsh 

echo -n &quot;Which file? &quot;
set file_name = $&lt;
echo &quot;This is for file $file_name&quot;

exit 0</code></pre>
<br />
The &quot;echo -n&quot; sends the prompt without a newline and the &quot;$&lt;&quot; reads from standard input.<br />

</div>


Here's one way, without any error checking:



#!/usr/bin/tcsh 

echo -n "Which file? "
set file_name = $<
echo "This is for file $file_name"

exit 0


The "echo -n" sends the prompt without a newline and the "$<" reads from standard input.


<div>
Hi,<br />
Thank you for your reply.<br />
<br />
What kind of error checking can be added to this code?<br />
<br />
Thanks,
</div>


Hi,
Thank you for your reply.

What kind of error checking can be added to this code?

Thanks,

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Hi,<br />
Let's say I have very basic tcsh file.<br />
<br />
and it has something like<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27319670-1">echo This is for file X</code></pre>
<br />
Now every time I run this file, I want it to ask me X then print it as the following:<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27319670-2">&gt;&gt; ./example.csh
&gt;&gt; Which file: 
&gt;&gt; MyFile
&gt;&gt; This is for file MyFile</code></pre>
<br />
How can I do that?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


Hi,
Let's say I have very basic tcsh file.

and it has something like

(CODE)

Now every time I run this file, I want it to ask me X then print it as the following:

(CODE)

How can I do that?

Thanks,







How to get a prompt from a shell script?

The term 'shell' refers to a general class of text-based command interpreters most often associated with the UNIX and Linux operating systems. Popular shells include Bourne, Debian Almquist (dash), Korn (ksh), Bourne Again (bash) and the C shell family (csh). Some view the DOS 'cmd' prompt as a minimal shell of sorts. It is also possible to install Cygwin on Windows and emulate a full Unix environment with complete shell capabilities. Terminal emulators, such as xterm, GNOME Terminal and OS X Terminal, can be used to access shell.