[SOLVED] Why is the select menu not working in Mac terminal?

Issue

I was trying to create a menu in using select but alas the menu won't accept my answers and won't also let me quit the menu. I tried this:

code:

options=( "olá" "adeus" )
echo "escolha uma opção"
select opt in "${options[@]}"
do
    case opt in 
        "olá")
            echo "Olá de volta!"
            break
        ;;
        "adeus")
            echo "Mal criado chunga!"
            break
        ;;
    esac
done

This was the test in the terminal:

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(base) Luiss-MacBook-Pro:\~ luiscunha$ sh teste2.sh
escolha uma opção

1) olá
2) adeus
   \#? 1
   \#? 2
   \#? olá
   \#? 1)
   \#? 1) olá
   \#?

Solution

Save this script to a file, for example my_menu.sh, and then run it using bash my_menu.sh.

check this out :

#!/bin/bash

options=("olá" "adeus")
PS3="Escolha uma opção: "

select opt in "${options[@]}"; do
    case $REPLY in
        1)
            echo "Olá de volta!"
            break
            ;;
        2)
            echo "Mal criado chunga!"
            break
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Opção inválida. Tente novamente."
            ;;
    esac
done

Answered By - Freeman

Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)