Reading into multiple variables in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to read two words into variables name and age.

Bash Scripting

read [1] age

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

A-p

Binput

Cname

D-r

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like -p or -r instead of variable names.

Forgetting to specify variable names after read.

The read command assigns input words to variables in order. Here, name is the first variable to receive input.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to read three variables: first, middle, and last.

Bash Scripting

read first middle [1]

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

Alast

Bname

C-a

Dsurname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like -a instead of variable names.

Using variable names that don't match the input order.

The read command assigns input words to variables in order. The third variable here is last.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly read two variables.

Bash Scripting

read first [1]

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

Asecond

B1st

Ctwo

Dfirst

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable names starting with numbers.

Using invalid variable names with spaces or special characters.

Variable names cannot start with a number. Use second instead of 2nd.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to read two variables and print them.

Bash Scripting

read [1] [2]
echo "Name: $name, Age: $age"

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

Aname

Bage

Cuser

Dyears

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable names in read that don't match those in echo.

Using invalid variable names.

The read command reads input into name and age. Then echo prints them.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to read three variables and print a greeting.

Bash Scripting

read [1] [2] [3]
echo "Hello, $first $middle $last!"

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

Afirst

Bmiddle

Clast

Dname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable names that don't match the echo statement.

Using invalid variable names or options instead of variable names.

The read command reads three words into first, middle, and last. The echo prints a greeting using these variables.