$NetBSD$ Just use sh(1) `read' command to get the confirmation from the user. --- bin/dasht-docsets-remove.orig 2017-08-16 03:30:44.000000000 +0000 +++ bin/dasht-docsets-remove @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ printf "Removable docsets ($#):\n\n\t%s\ trap exit INT # let Control-C abort `xargs -p` when running under bash(1) for docset; do test -n "$force" || # don't ask for confirmation when it's being forced - echo "Remove $docset docset [y/N]" | xargs -p | grep -q . || continue + { printf "Remove $docset docset [y/N]"; read r; [ "$r" = "y" ] || continue ; } rootname="$DASHT_DOCSETS_DIR/$docset" rm -v -f -r "$rootname".docset \