Hi there was wondering if anyone can help. My script doesnt seem to work. I am trying to ask the user for a first argument (original file) and the second argument (other file). If user does not provide two arguments the script will exit. If the filename already exists the script will prompt user whether to overwrite the file. Heres what i have done:

#!/bin/sh
clear
echo "Enter filename"
read filename

if -grep $filename rename.sh
then
echo "This filename does not exist"


echo "Enter second filename you wish to display"
read filename2

if -grep $filename2 info.txt
then
echo "filename does not exist"
echo "Do you wish to create this file y/n?"
read verdict
if [$verdict -eq "y"]
then
echo filename >> filename2
elif [$verdict -eq "n"]
then
echo "You have chosen not to create. It will now exit"


clear
fi

exit

thanks

Please use code tags around your code samples.

The "if -grep" construction doesn't exist is bourne shell.

Thy instead:

thanks for reply.
am i doing the right things though? i ask user for filename

#!/bin/sh
clear
echo "Enter filename"
read filename

then i search for that filename in my file. Is it supposed to search a directory?

if grep $filename rename.sh
then
echo "This filename does not exist"

i then ask user to enter second filename.

echo "Enter second filename you wish to display"
read filename2

if grep $filename2 info.txt
then
echo "filename does not exist"
echo "Do you wish to create this file y/n?"
read verdict
if [$verdict -eq "y"]
then
echo filename >> filename2
elif [$verdict -eq "n"]
then
echo "You have chosen not to create. It will now exit"


am i doing it right?

thanks

No, you still aren't using code tags.

If you do not understand what I mean, click on the "go advanced" button, select the part to wrap with code tags, then click on the "#" icon on the top icon bar.

sorry i dont understand. What "go advanced button"?
what tags?

The one at the bottom of the editing window you are using to post when you are in "Quick Reply" mode.
the code tag.

thanks. sorry didnt know what tags you were talking about. Do now.
am i doing the right things though? i ask user for filename

then i search for that filename in my file. Is it supposed to search a directory?

i then ask user to enter second filename.

am i doing it right?

thanks

Either the test or the message is wrong, grep is looking for the string the variable "filename" represent. It looks for this string in the file which name is "rename.sh".

It doesn't make a lot of sense.
This code is incomplete.