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11_userinput.sh
1#!/bin/sh
2
3# We can go on ahead and read user input easily
4#
5# $ echo "Enter your name below"
6# $ read user_input
7# $ echo "$user_input"
8#
9# Unfortunately echo will take the user input into a new line. To avoid
10# that you can use printf (like in C) or, less posix compliant, use
11# 'echo -n' to avoid that new line
12#
13# $ printf "Enter your name: " # equivalent as the next line
14# $ echo -n "Enter your name: "
15#
16# Fix this program that is meant to input the user's input into a file
17
18printf "Enter your sentence: "
19read user_input > 11_file