Thread: Choosing a line from nl command

hi guys

trying write bash script , having trouble. want able search directory keyword, eg folder on desktop , search keyword readme. have been able , can pipe ls on folder nl command lists numbered files.

want able select number (eg 2) , display ls -l information of file selected. have idea on commands use this? stuck @ how select file has been listed nl command.

help!

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read files in array:

code:

shopt -s nullglob  cd path/to/dir  arr=(*)

print content of array:

code:

for ((i=0; i<${#arr[@]}; i++))       printf '%d\t%s\n' $((i+1)) "${arr[i]}"  done

then like:

code:

read -r -p "select file: " nr  ls -al "${arr[nr-1]}"

of course have add error checks.

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