Shell Script to prompt customer

LinuxScript · 10-20-2010, 02:48 PM

I need to create a shell script called 'custinfo' to prompt a customer to enter and display back the following: name, age, address, phone number, and product.

Below is what i have so far. Thanks for the assistance

echo "Enter your name:> \c"
read name

echo "enter your age:> \c"
read age

echo "enter address:> \c"
read address

echo "enter phone number:> \c"
read phonenumber

echo "enter product:> \c"
read product

crabboy · 10-20-2010, 02:59 PM

Looks like you are on the right track. Echo the values back out with the echo command. echo $name

Are you stuck somewhere?

LinuxScript · 10-20-2010, 03:20 PM

Yes im stuck. the file should be an executable. When the file is executed it prompts the user to input name, age etc

To make the file executable i will use:

chmod 777 cusinfo
./cusinfo

but im missing something to make it prompt the user to enter information

Nylex · 10-20-2010, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinuxScript

but im missing something to make it prompt the user to enter information

What do you mean? You seem to have the right statements in there. Are you getting error messages or something?

MTK358 · 10-20-2010, 03:39 PM

What are those "\c"s?

grail · 10-20-2010, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

What are those "\c"s?

I was curious about that too??

Are you perhaps trying to have them enter say there name on the same line as the prompt?
Choices would be:

Code:

echo -n "Enter your name:> "
read name

# or
read -p "Enter your name:> " name

jackonapsp · 02-03-2011, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

What are those "\c"s?

man echo

The following option is available:

-n Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be
achieved by appending `\c' to the end of the string,

jackonapsp · 02-03-2011, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinuxScript

I need to create a shell script called 'custinfo' to prompt a customer to enter and display back the following: name, age, address, phone number, and product.

Below is what i have so far. Thanks for the assistance

echo "Enter your name:> \c"
read name

echo "enter your age:> \c"
read age

echo "enter address:> \c"
read address

echo "enter phone number:> \c"
read phonenumber

echo "enter product:> \c"
read product

here is my version

#!/bin/bash
mkdir info
cd info
echo "Enter your name:>"
read name
mkdir $name
cd $name

echo "enter your age:>"
read age

echo "enter address:>"
read address

echo "enter phone number:>"
read phonenumber

echo "enter product:>"
read product

echo $age > age.txt
echo $address > address.txt
echo $phonenumber > phnumber.txt
echo $product > product.txt