diff --git a/pages/linux/select.md b/pages/linux/select.md
index ed33ebf79..b0c9471cf 100644
--- a/pages/linux/select.md
+++ b/pages/linux/select.md
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
 
 `select {{word}} in {{apple}} {{orange}} {{pear}} {{banana}}; do echo ${{word}}; done`
 
-- Create a menu for picking a file or folder from the current directory:
+- Create a menu from the output of another command:
 
-`select {{file}} in *; do echo ${{file}}; done`
+`select {{line}} in $({{command}}); do echo ${{line}}; done`
+
+- Specify the prompt string for `select` and create a menu for picking a file or folder from the current directory:
+
+`PS3="{{Select a file: }}"; select {{file}} in *; do echo ${{file}}; done`
 
 - Create a menu from a Bash array: