mrkiwi wrote:
> I am trying to write the code for this psudo code;
>
> function askYN{
> echo "continue?"
> read the response into $response
> }
Can you show your actual askYN function? You also need to screen all
user input for validity.
> This is what i have so far, but it complains (i think) because of the
> parameters passed into askYN.
> I think i need to somehow bracket them
>
> if [ askYN "Blah" -eq 0 ] && [ $response == "yes" ]
The if statement takes a command. You want to call the command.
Don't put it through the [...] test wrapper.
if ! askYN "Blah"; then
if [ _"$response" = _"yes" ]; then
This reference might be useful to you.
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
Bob
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