regarding bash script
 

Dear Experts,

I want to create user information after querying file called "STORE_FILE". In STORE_FILE i had the information of total email users with expiry date.
Like:
[root@mail home]vi STORE_FILE
###USERID:EXPIRYDATE
xyz@abc.com.np:2011-01-10
mno@abc.com.np:2011-05-11
and so on..........

now i want to create a bash script by which it will show the expiry date of particular user. And also want script to add, edit, view and del unwanted userid from the file STORE_FILE.

Please any help will be appreciated.

Thank you!!!

Regards,
Manoj

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commands
 

some commands to research...

use 'grep' tp search for something

use 'sed' to delete lines (matching what you want)

use 'echo' to insert something

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here is what i have tried
 

Dear ALL,

I have tried like this:

i have just started the code with bash and for now i am stucked in if else condition. for the 1st function1 i have asked user to input the user name and then with grep command i have search the input username and append to tmp file and then i count the line of tmp file. now temp file has two conditions, either 1 or 0 so with this i want to assign a values present on t file. whatever value present on t file will assign to value.
Now i have used if condition for jumping 2 statement. but when i run the script it only jump to one condition, what ever value present on t file.

Please suggest what to do?? I think i am going wrong way....but this is all what i know......sorry....


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[root@mail bashtest]# ls
database t test1 tmp


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[root@mail bashtest]vi test1
###USERID:EXPIRYDATE
xyz@abc.com.np:2011-01-10
mno@abc.com.np:2011-05-11
and so on.........

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#!/bin/bash

function function1
{
echo -e "Enter Username:\c "
read user1
x=$user1
#echo $x
grep $user1 ./database > tmp
wc -l tmp | awk '{print $1}' > t
value="$/home/manoj/bashtest/t"
if [ $value -eq 1 ];
then
echo "User $user1 already exist in database"
else
echo "not in database"
# echo $user1':'>> "/home/manoj/bashtest/database"
# echo -e "Enter Expire date:\c"
# read date1
# echo $date1 >> "/home/manoj/bashtest/database"
# }
fi

}

echo "PLEASE ENTER:"
echo "1. Add User In Expire file:"
echo "2. Delet User From Expire file:"
echo "3. Show User Expire:"
echo "4. Edit User in Expire:"
read case;

case $case in
1) function1
#2) echo "2";;
#3) echo "3";;
#4) echo "4";;

esac

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After value="$/home/manoj/bashtest/t", add ALternatively you can trace what the script is doing by putting set -xv before the commands you want to trace (and set +xv to turn it off).

It's easier to read your code if you put it in code tags (that's a link to instructions or you may prefer to use "Advanced Edit" mode which has a # button for code tags).

It's helpful if you also post the output from running the script.

I Get the following output after adding echo "DEBUG: \$value is '$value'"

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[root@propel bashtest]# sh test1
PLEASE ENTER:
1. Add User In Expire file:
2. Delet User From Expire file:
3. Show User Expire:
4. Edit User in Expire:
1
Enter Username:manoj
DEBUG: $value is '$/home/manoj/bashtest/t'
test1: line 13: [: $/home/manoj/bashtest/t: integer expression expected
not in database
[root@propel bashtest]#

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Exactly what catkin was hinting to you; look at that output and THINK about why you don't get what you expect.
The 'set -vx' stuff is good advice.
I also recommend you bookmark & read these:

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...tml/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/