V-PROMPT:>

read -p 'V-PROMPT:>'

V-PROMPT:>help

V-PROMPT HELP v1.0
help - displays help page
[thing 2]
[thing 3]

#!/bin/bash

read -p 'V-PROMPT->'

if [[ "$1" == "help" ]]; then
echo "V-PROMPT HELP v0.1"

EOF

if [[ "$1" == "ver" ]]; then
echo "V-PROMPT INDEV v0.1"

fi;