st: How to write a program that asks the user for input

["Ben Jann" <ben.jann@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I am trying to write a program that

 first executes some commands,

 then asks the user for input,

 and then processes the user input and executes some more commands.

I tried to do something with dialogs but I cannot get the program to
wait for the user input.

Does someone know how to write a program that asks for user input and
then continues? (It does not have to be with dialogs; command line
input would be fine too.)

ben
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