get user input in a command line script: sfk prompt

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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-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.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 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.

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