Shell Script UNIX with prompt

Question

i need some help with a shell script. I want to start a shell witch is asking for some informations. This should be saved into variables and after entering the informations it should be written in a file.

Something like that:

call shell script

" tell me your name "
John

After this it should write in a file "his name is John"

I know it is a very stupid example, but if i know how to handle this i can adapt this in my special use-case.

Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Whats your name? "
read name
echo $name > name.txt

Answer 2

It's a bit cleaner to have the read command print the prompt, using its -p option:

#!/bin/bash
read -p "Tell me your name: " name
echo "His name is $name" >name.txt

Answer 3

Use echo to print, read to read input.

echo -n "Tell me your name: "
read name
echo "Your name is $name."

Answer 4

#!/bin/bash
echo "Tell me your name?"
read name
echo "His name is $name" > name.txt

Answer 5

1. echo -n "Tell me your name: "
2. read name
3. echo $name >> fileName.txt