Hi, Ian.
On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:37:49 -0700, among other, you wrote: > > PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' > read -p $PROMPT device On "Debian" it does not work: Entera1 ./об: строка 6: read: «(like»: это недопустимый идентификатор > To the OP: How do you run the script? Are you sure it is bash that > executes it? Are you aware of the fact that /bin/sh on Debian is dash > by default? Script contains #!/bin/bash as first line. -- So it does not matter what is sh on "Debian". Thank you for your time, Sthu.
