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Dean Warren Powell
Dean Warren Powell

Reputation: 33

Bash input validation during typing

I'm writing Bash script that requires you to enter numbers only. How do I prevent non-numbers from being displayed as they are typed? For example, if I type 123ab45c6 at the prompt, only 123456 should be appear on the screen.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 66

Answers (1)

Yuri G.
Yuri G.

Reputation: 4648

#/bin/bash
echo "Please enter a number"
# variable to store the input
number=""
# reading in silent mode character by character
while read -s -n 1 c
do
    case $c in
    [0-9]) 
        # if the read character is digit add it to the number and print the number
        number="${number}${c}"
        echo -en "\r${number}"
        ;;      
    '') 
        # break on ENTER
        echo    
        break;; 
    esac
done
echo "You entered a number ${number}"

Upvotes: 2

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