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syntax: markdown
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tags: [tldr, linux]
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source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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---
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# select
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> Bash builtin construct for creating menus.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-select>.
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- Create a menu out of individual words:
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`select {{word}} in {{apple}} {{orange}} {{pear}} {{banana}}; do echo ${{word}}; done`
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- Create a menu for picking a file or folder from the current directory:
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`select {{file}} in *; do echo ${{file}}; done`
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- Create a menu from a Bash array:
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`{{fruits}}=({{apple}} {{orange}} {{pear}} {{banana}}); select {{word}} in ${{{fruits}}[@]}; do echo ${{word}}; done`
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