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Old 05-15-2008
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Code:
while true; do
  echo Enter month
  read MONTH
  case $MONTH in ...ok...) break;;
     *) echo Invalid month name, try again >&2 ;;
  esac
done

grep $5 "$MONTH" tempfile >tempmonth
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