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Using the cursor is more complicated (been there, done that) and requires curses and termcap stuff. There may be packages that encapsulate that, but it would take time to look up.

Here are two quick finds:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-a-selection-menu-using-the-select-statement-in-bash-shell

to get a screen like this:

Choose one:
1) file1
2) file2
3) file3
#? 1
You selected file1

More complex stuff at askubuntu.com (only try the simple stuff, please)
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1705/how-can-i-create-a-select-menu-in-a-shell-script


NOTE: Apple changed the default shell to zsh in recent releases (Ventura and newer? ), so if you want good old bash shell, you have to change your login.