get user input in a command line script

and store it in a variable with the sfk prompt command on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
- open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
- OS X : type mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
- Linux: type mv sfk-linux.exe sfk    and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk prompt [text]

get user input and pass it to the next command
in the command chain. text formatting is possible
using [Red] or [def], for details see sfk echo.

default since sfk 1.9 is to convert typed chars
from the current OEM to Ansi codepage.

options
   -nocconv   do not convert input from dos
              to ansi codepage.

examples
   sfk -var prompt "enter your name" +setvar name
    +tell "hello #(name)"
      ask the user to enter his name, then store
      it in variable name, and say hello.

sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's,
no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for
windows, linux and mac are included).