hi everyone..

i am very new with bash shell scripting and i am having problems


#!/bin/sh
echo Please enter your username:
read input_name;
echo Please enter your password
read input_pass;
if ["$input_name" = "myname" -a "$input_pass" = "mypass" ]
then

echo user identified.
selection="1";
while [ $selection -ge 1 -a $selection -le 3 ]
do
clear
echo 1- List all html files with their contents
echo 2- List all files that contains a specified string
echo 3- End
echo
echo please select:
read selection
case $selection in
1)
echo The web pages in the current directory:
ls -l *.html
for file in *.html
do
cat $file
done
echo Press enter to continue
read;;
2)
echo Enter a specific string to search for in the files:
read String;
echo Press enter to continue
read;;
3)
echo Bye
exit;;
*)
echo Please choose a number between 1 and 3
selection="1";
echo Press enter to continue
read;;
esac
done

echo Unknown user.
fi


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the error i am getting when i input is
>>>
Please enter your username:
myname
Please enter your password
mypass
./new: line 6: [myname: command not found

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HELP APPRECIATED PLS

i found my stupid mistake

thanks

i have this other question..

i want to print out the a file that has a specific string

any ideas?

This kinda post should be in the 'Programming' forum.

oh ok sorry new here

Please leave this up to the Moderators to determine please in these situations. Since you didn't explain about double posting as well, he's gone off and posted this problem in programming, causing himself to double post which is against the rules. Next time I could have just moved it, but now I have to close this one.

Tangerine,

In the future, please use better and more helpful thread titles and next time if you post in the wrong forum, don't post it again please. A moderator can move threads and such.

Thanks.