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Old 01-30-2007, 03:12 PM   #1
Keentolearn
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Looping a script


Is there a way that the user can re use the script with out opening it?

using and if statement for example

echo "Would you like to run this script again Y/N"
read answer
if answer="Y"
then
.....
else
exit
fi

Regards.
 
Old 01-30-2007, 03:29 PM   #2
raskin
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Read man bash, really.

REPEAT=Y
while [ "REPEAT" = Y ]; do
...
echo "Would you like to run this script again Y/N";
read REPEAT;
done;
 
Old 01-30-2007, 03:34 PM   #3
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Thank you very much.
 
Old 01-30-2007, 03:47 PM   #4
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Actually man bash is pretty impenetrable. You might prefer to start with one of the many bash tutorials that are around the web. One is http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...ry/l-bash.html

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Old 01-30-2007, 03:54 PM   #5
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Well, why do you undermine self-confidence of someone who hasn't yet tried? Man bash is not impenetrable - I read it having knowledge level no higher than Keentolearn's one, I guess. Really both man bash and info bash are rather compressed, and are close derivatives of POSIX standard for shell. But they can be read - at least when you believe in yourself.
 
  


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