Bash prompt for dangerous tasks

gistfile1.sh

function ask_yes_or_no() {
    read -p "$1 ([y]es or [N]o): "
    case $(echo $REPLY | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]') in
        y|yes) echo "yes" ;;
        *)     echo "no" ;;
    esac
}

# And an example using it:

if [[ "no" == $(ask_yes_or_no "Are you sure?") || \
      "no" == $(ask_yes_or_no "Are you *really* sure?") ]]
then
    echo "Skipped."
    exit 0
fi

# Then do something really dangerous...