So far I have found some examples of Bash select function usage with logical constructed options or Asterisk one (i.e select s in *). This last one lists all actual directory content.

So I would like to understand the following:

1. What does * mean?

2. How could I display another directory content?
   (I tried something as opt=$( ls path ) and select s in "$opt[@]", but it fails)

Any related links or examples are welcome.

So far I have found some examples of Bash select function usage with logical constructed options or Asterisk one (i.e select s in *). This last one lists all actual directory content.

So I would like to understand the following:

1. What does * mean?

2. How could I display another directory content?
   (I tried something as opt=$( ls path ) and select s in "$opt[@]", but it fails)

Any related links or examples are welcome.

So far I have found some examples of Bash select function usage with logical constructed options or Asterisk one (i.e select s in *). This last one lists all actual directory content.

So I would like to understand:

1. What does * mean?
2. How could I display another directory content?
   (I tried something as opt=$( ls path ) and select s in "$opt[@]", but it fails)

Any related link or examples are welcome Thanks everyone!

So far I have found some examples of Bash select function usage with logical constructed options or Asterisk one (i.e select s in *). This last one lists all actual directory content.

So I would like to understand the following:

1. What does * mean?

2. How could I display another directory content?
   (I tried something as opt=$( ls path ) and select s in "$opt[@]", but it fails)

Any related links or examples are welcome.