I have a small test.sh script as follows:

#!/bin/bash
read -e -p "Enter a Directory: " directory
echo $directory

Here's what happens when I run it:

$ ./test.sh 
Enter a Directory: ~/A Directory/
/Users/<username>/A Directory

I want to be able to keep the escaped space inside that variable so that the program output would read:

$ ./test.sh 
Enter a Directory: ~/A Directory/
/Users/<username>/A\ Directory

Anyone know how to do this?

I have a small test.sh script as follows:

#!/bin/bash
read -e -p "Enter a Directory: " directory
echo $directory

Here's what happens when I run it:

$ ./test.sh 
Enter a Directory: ~/A\ Directory/
/Users/<username>/A Directory/

I want to be able to keep the escaped space inside that variable so that the program output would read:

$ ./test.sh 
Enter a Directory: ~/A\ Directory/
/Users/<username>/A\ Directory/

Anyone know how to do this? The use for this is to tell the script where to look for files that it needs to read.

Edit: I forgot to put the \ in the second and third code selection.