Why is the script throwing an error?

Question

linux

I need to write a simple script that will give me the contents of a specified directory.

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter a folder name: "
read way 

ls $way

On execution it gives an error:

ls: cannot access 'path specified': No such file or directory

Given that the specified path exists, and when the command is executed in the terminal, everything is displayed.
Find gives a similar error.
What did I do wrong? Read reads the input, assigns it to the $way variable, that is, the result is ls 'my path', what else does it need?

Answer 1

Given that the specified path exists, and when the command is executed in the terminal, everything is displayed.

How do you enter the directory path?

Answer 2

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter a folder name: "
read way 

eval "ls $way"