Picker

picker

Arguments:

$1… - List of choices to pick from

Output:

stdout - The choice that was selected

Return Value:

The choice selected, between 1 and N

Bash CLI version of picker

Example

my_choice=$(picker Choice1 Choice2 ...)

picker

Arguments:

• $1 - Variable name to store choice in

• $2… - List of choices

Parameters:

• [DEFAULT_RESPONSE] - Default choice [1…$#] (when user presses enter only)

Output:

• ${!1} - Stores text of choice selected

• ${!1}_index - Store the index in the array of the choice selected (starting at zero. So if 2 is selected, that’s index 1)

• TUI outputs to stderr.

Basic TUI for picking an option from a list of choices

Prints list of choices, and reads an answer until the user gives a valid response

Example

picker var "Choice one" "Choice II" "Choice 3"

#if 2 is selected
#var="Choice II"
#var_index=1

Bugs

If one of your choices has a newline in it, the value of ${!1} will only contain the first line