Earlier in this book, we saw that you can make a script that uses recursive functions and conditional logic to create a simple menu. It worked, but another tool that can be used is select. Select works using a provided list (for example, it can be a wildcard selection for files) and will give you a list, such as:
Select a file from the list:1.) myfirst.file2.) mysecond.fileYou chose: mysecond.file
Clearly, a menu such as about is very trivial; it can be useful for utility functions and for repeatable subtasks like deleting users or modifying files/archives.
Simple select scripts could also be useful for a number of activities such as mounting a drop box, decrypting or mounting a drive, or ...
