#!/bin/env fish function chooseDisk -a outFile message set -l disks lsblk -do NAME,SIZE,TYPE | while read disk set -l diskInfo (string split -n " " $disk) if contains "$diskInfo[3]" "TYPE" "disk" set -a disks "$diskInfo" end end set -l diskCount (count $disks) set -l padding (math (string length "$diskCount") + 1) if [ "$diskCount" -gt 0 ] while true echo "$message" set -l prefix for i in (seq "$diskCount") if [ "$i" -eq 1 ] set prefix "" else set prefix "$(math "$i" - 1):" end printf "%"$padding"s %s\n" "$prefix" "$disks[$i]" end read -lP "Your choice: " choice if [ "$choice" -ge 1 ] && [ "$choice" -le "$diskCount" ] set -l disk (string split -n " " "$disks[$(math "$choice" + 1)]") echo "/dev/$disk[1]" > $outFile return else echo "The specified choice \"$choice\" is invalid!" end end else echo "No valid disk found!" >&2 end return 1 end chooseDisk $argv