Korn Shell Programming by Example

select

Official Description

Produces a menu of words preceded by numbers.

Syntax

select identifier [in word...] ;do list ;done

Options

None

Oddities

Writes the menu to stderr.

Example

$ select item in b*          # Set up menu containing filenames
> do
> print $item                # Print selected filenames
> done
1) buzz
2) buzz1
3) buzz10
4) buzz2
5) buzz3
6) buzz4
#? 2                         # Choose item # 2
buzz1
#? 6                         # Choose item # 6
buzz4
#? 8                         # Ignores non-existent items

#?                           # Ctrl+D exits

$ print $PS3
#?                           # Prompts with PS3 variable contents (default #?)
$