askstring

#!/bin/bash

ask_string() #1-user ask string, #2-default variant
{
    read -r -p "$1 [$2]:"

    if [ -z "$REPLY" ]; then
    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
        STR_RESULT=$2
    fi
    else
    STR_RESULT=$REPLY
    fi
}

ask_string "Select path" "/home/smallwolfie/test/testdir"
echo $STR_RESULT