#!/bin/bash # redirecting input file descriptors exec 3>&1 echo "This is the 3 file descriptor" >&3 exec 6>&0 exec 0< test count=1 while read line do echo "Line #$count: $line" count=$[ $count + 1 ] done exec 0<&6 read -p "Are you done now?" answer case $answer in Y | y) echo "Goodbye" ;; N | n) echo "Sorry, this is the end" ;; esac