Crafting an Interactive Real-Time Countdown with User Input in Bash

 In this post, we explore a practical application of Bash scripting for creating an interactive real-time countdown that also incorporates user input. The idea is to present a series of questions from a file with a countdown for each, prompting the user to respond within a specified time limit. This script can be useful for quiz applications or timed tests.

Problem Statement

The task is to display a countdown timer alongside questions from a text file (QuestionBank.txt). The user has a fixed amount of time to answer each question before the script automatically proceeds to the next one. The challenge lies in managing the timer and user input simultaneously without cluttering the terminal output.

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