make selection or URI options for qemu more robust. Allow the user to just use Enter

Only allow selection of files that starts with virtual (this script is only used to deploy virtual machine)

Reworked some comments

scripts/deploy-distro.sh

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ DEFAULT_MEMORY=4096
 DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE=10
 
 # Prompt user for VM memory size
-read -r -p "Provide memory desired VM memory in MB or press Enter to keep default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY): " memory_size
+read -r -p "Provide desired VM memory in MB or press Enter to keep default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB): " memory_size
 memory_size=${memory_size:-$DEFAULT_MEMORY}
 
 # Validate memory size
 if ! [[ "$memory_size" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( memory_size < 2048 )); then
-    echo "Invalid memory size.  Must be a number greater than or equal to 2048. Using default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY."
+    echo "Invalid memory size.  Must be a number greater than or equal to 2048. Using default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB."
     memory_size=$DEFAULT_MEMORY
 fi
 
 # Prompt user for VM disk size
-read -r -p "Provide desired disk size of VM in GB or press Enter to use default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE: " disk_size
+read -r -p "Provide desired disk size of VM in GB or press Enter to use default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE GB: " disk_size
 disk_size=${disk_size:-$DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE}
 
 # Validate disk size
@@ -24,44 +24,43 @@ if ! [[ "$disk_size" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( disk_size < 10 )); then
     disk_size=$DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE
 fi
 
-# Define URI options for qemu
+# Set the choices
-uri_options=("qemu:///system" "qemu:///session")
+CHOICE_SYSTEM="qemu:///system"
+CHOICE_SESSION="qemu:///session"
 
-# Prompt user to select URI
+# Display the choices to the user
-select uri in "${uri_options[@]}"; do
+echo "Please select an option or press Enter to keep default value of $CHOICE_SESSION):"
-    if [[ -n "$uri" ]]; then
+echo "1) $CHOICE_SYSTEM (system-based or rootfull virtual machine)"
-        break  # Exit the select loop if a valid option is chosen
+echo "2) $CHOICE_SESSION (session-based or rootless virtual machine)"
-    else
-        echo "Invalid selection. Please choose a valid URI."
-    fi
-done
 
-case "$uri" in
+# Prompt the user for input
-    qemu:///session)
+IFS= read -r -p "Enter your choice (1 or 2): " user_choice
-        disk_path="$HOME/.local/share/libvirt/images/"
+
-        ;;
+# Validate the user's input
-    qemu:///system)
+if [[ ! "$user_choice" =~ ^[12]$ ]]; then
-        disk_path="/var/lib/libvirt/images/"
+  echo "Invalid choice.  Defaulting to session-based VM."
-        ;;
+  uri="$CHOICE_SESSION"  # Default to session-based if input is invalid
+else
+  # Determine the selected option
+  case "$user_choice" in
+    1)
+      uri="$CHOICE_SYSTEM"
+      ;;
+    2)
+      uri="$CHOICE_SESSION"
+      ;;
     *)
-        echo "Invalid URI selected. Exiting."
+      echo "Unexpected error: Invalid choice. This should not happen due to validation."
-        exit 1
+      exit 1
-esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
 
-case "$uri" in
+# Display the selected option (optional)
-    qemu:///session)
+echo "You selected: $uri"
-        network_type="user"
-        ;;
-    qemu:///system)
-        network_type="default"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Invalid URI selected. Exiting."
-        exit 1
-esac
 
-# Get a list of files in "dishes" directory, restricted to those starting with "virtual"
+# Get a list of files in "dishes" directory
-mapfile -t dish_name < <(find "dishes/" -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
+mapfile -t dish_name < <(find "dishes/" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "virtual*" \) -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
 
 # Check if there are any files
 if [ ${#dish_name[@]} -eq 0 ]; then