TheBox193 · February 3, 2017 16:19 · Feb 3, 2017
diff --git a/ask.sh b/ask.sh
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+# Description:
+# A simple prompt for bash that supports a default value.
+# ${ask} QUESTION DEFAULT
+#
+# Example:
+# BRANCH=$(ask "Which Branch?" "master")
+function ask(){
+    local QUESTION=$1
+    local DEFAULT=$2
+    local ANSWER
+
+    read -p "${QUESTION} [${DEFAULT}] " ANSWER
+    [ -z "${ANSWER}" ] && ANSWER=$DEFAULT
+
+    echo $ANSWER
+}