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Subject:	Bash-Scripting: any way to pre-initialize readline's edit buffer with a user-defined string?
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Hello,

a simple (i hope ;->) question for bash scripting experts:

I want to write a script, that interactivly prompts the user
for a couple of input items. So my bash code looks like
this:      read -er -p"ItemX: " ITEMX
Most of the items have default values, and I would find it
very user-friendly, if readline's edit buffer would be pre-
initialized with this default value, instead of an empty string.
Then the user just has to hit <return> to enter the default
value, very comfortable.

Any idea how to achieve this?
Thanks.

Best regards
Sven

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