Prompting with read -p in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to prompt the user for their name and store it in the variable.

Bash Scripting

read [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p 'Enter your name: ' name

B-p name

C-p 'Enter your name: '

D-n 'Enter your name: '

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to include the variable name after the prompt.

Using '-n' instead of '-p' for prompting.

The '-p' option in 'read' allows you to display a prompt message. The correct syntax is 'read -p 'prompt' variable'.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to prompt the user for their age and store it in the variable 'age'.

Bash Scripting

read [1] age

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-n 'Enter your age: '

B-s 'Enter your age: '

C-p 'Enter your age: '

D-r 'Enter your age: '

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-n' which limits the number of characters read instead of prompting.

Using '-s' which hides input (used for passwords).

The '-p' option displays the prompt message before reading input into the variable.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly prompt for a password without showing input.

Bash Scripting

read [1] password

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p 'Enter password: '

B-n 'Enter password: '

C-r 'Enter password: '

D-s -p 'Enter password: '

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using only '-p' which shows input.

Using '-n' which limits input length instead of hiding input.

To prompt without showing input, use '-s' to hide input and '-p' to show the prompt message.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to prompt the user for their favorite color and store it in 'color'.

Bash Scripting

read [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p 'What is your favorite color? '

B-s

Ccolor

Danswer

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-s' which hides input when not needed.

Using wrong variable names.

Use '-p' with the prompt message and specify the variable name 'color' to store the input.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to prompt for username and password, hiding password input.

Bash Scripting

read [1] username
read [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p 'Enter username: '

B-s -p 'Enter password: '

Cpassword

D-p 'Enter password: '

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not hiding password input.

Forgetting to specify variable names.

First prompt uses '-p' for username. Second prompt uses '-s -p' to hide password input and show prompt, storing input in 'password'.