#!/bin/bash newssidok=0 while [ "$newssidok" -ne 1 ] do echo -n "New SSID: " read newssid if [ "$newssid" = "" ] then echo "SSID cannot be blank. Try again or hit -c to abort." else newssidok=1 fi done sed -i "/ssid=.*/c ssid=$newssid" /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf systemctl restart hostapd