Bash Uppercase Input with Defaults
April 25, 2019
I needed to modify a bash function that accepted user input, so that it uppercased that input. This was implemented using a function that provided a default value.
fetchInputUpper() { local entered_value read -p "$1 [default: $2]: " entered_value export $3="${entered_value:-$2}" export $3="${!3^^}" } fetchInputUpper "Enter Text?" "Default" VARIABLE …
