"David E.Fox"
Here is the bash script I am having problems with...It was
copied from the cdrom for "Linux Shells by Example". (The
lines between the strings of ****..
are the script in question.)
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#!/bin/bash
# Scriptname: nosy
echo -e "Are you happy? \c"
read answer
echo "$answer is the right response."
echo -e "What is your full name? \c"
read first middle last
echo "Hello $first"
echo -n "Where do you work? "
read
echo I guess $REPLY keeps you busy!
#------------------------------------------------
read -p "Enter your job title: "
echo "I thought you might be an $REPLY."
echo -n "Who are your best friends? "
read -a friends
echo "Say hi to ${friends[2]}."
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It is mostly the read command that does not work (e.g. the
line 4: read answer does not capture the answer and line 5:
echo "$answer...." does not print the answer supplied.
I execute the script by issuing the following: bash nosy.
Here is the version of bash reported by bash - version
[deans@queen deans]$ bash -version GNU bash, version
2.04.12(1)-release (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright 1999
Free Software Foundation, Inc. [deans@queen deans]$
Any ideas
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Dean Steichen
Linux - Mandrake 7.1
Netscape Mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"David E.Fox"
Here is the bash script I am having problems with...It was
copied from the cdrom for "Linux Shells by Example". (The
lines between the strings of ****..
are the script in question.)
************************************************************************
#!/bin/bash
# Scriptname: nosy
echo -e "Are you happy? \c"
read answer
echo "$answer is the right response."
echo -e "What is your full name? \c"
read first middle last
echo "Hello $first"
echo -n "Where do you work? "
read
echo I guess $REPLY keeps you busy!
#------------------------------------------------
read -p "Enter your job title: "
echo "I thought you might be an $REPLY."
echo -n "Who are your best friends? "
read -a friends
echo "Say hi to ${friends[2]}."
*****************************************************************************
It is mostly the read command that does not work (e.g. the
line 4: read answer does not capture the answer and line 5:
echo "$answer...." does not print the answer supplied.
I execute the script by issuing the following: bash nosy.
Here is the version of bash reported by bash - version
[deans@queen deans]$ bash -version GNU bash, version
2.04.12(1)-release (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright 1999
Free Software Foundation, Inc. [deans@queen deans]$
Any ideas
--
Dean Steichen
Linux - Mandrake 7.1
Netscape Mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
