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In Bash, how can I ask for user input while I'm processing data from stdin? In this case, the read or select commands do not work. E.g.:

while read line
do
    # process line
    echo "Do you want to continue? [y/n]"
done
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  • did you tried using read ? Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 5:58
  • read -p "Do you want to continue? [y/n]" ans Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 5:59
  • @Arvind Of course, but this doesn't work. In the example, the read command would return immediately without waiting for user input. Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 6:44

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Perhaps read with its stdin redirected from /dev/tty should help

Untested code (see tty(4) about /dev/tty):

read -p "Continue? [y/n]: " yn < /dev/tty
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