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Bash builtin construct for creating menus.

Examples (4)

Create a menu out of individual words

select word in apple orange pear banana; do echo $word; done

Create a menu from the output of another command

select line in $(command); do echo $line; done

Specify the prompt string for `select` and create a menu for picking a file or folder from the current directory

PS3="Select a file: "; select file in *; do echo $file; done

Create a menu from a Bash array

fruits=(apple orange pear banana); select word in ${fruits[@]}; do echo $word; done