bash how to read from keyboard

To read input from the keyboard and assign input value to a variable use the read command.

Read syntax:

read options var1 var2

To write the value of first entered word use:

read var1 var2
echo $var1

If you don't give any argument to the read command, input will assign to the environment variable REPLY.

The "s" option does not echo input while reading from a keyboard.

read -s -p "Enter password:" $password

The -p "TEXT" option displays TEXT to user without a newline.

The -e option means that command readline is used to obtain the line.
Option -u FD reads inputs from file descriptor FD (0,1,2).
Option -t TIME causes that read returns a failure if input is not read within TIME seconds.

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