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I'm not sure select is best for what I need...what the script is doing is listing the sites from the server, and then connecting to another server to pull a backup file. So, the path is just for the sake of displaying what sites are on the server (as they should also be on the backup server), and then I take the filename from there to pull from the backup server. What I was hoping to use an array for is to connect each filename to a number, that the user can enter when going to pull from the backup server.

Kimberlie Davis
– Kimberlie Davis

2017-10-20 22:55:47 +00:00
Commented Oct 20, 2017 at 22:55
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@KimberlieDavis: that's almost exactly what select does; it displays a numbered list of strings and lets the user enter a number to select one of the strings. Without an array.

dave_thompson_085
– dave_thompson_085

2017-10-21 08:16:27 +00:00
Commented Oct 21, 2017 at 8:16

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