One thing I did notice is that if you are using Linux, you should change the echo statements to "echo -e". That will let the \c operators work.

What exactly are you trying to do here? I'm having a tough time reading the script (look, it's late, and I've been plugging some overtime on top of my normally long days...). It looks like you could use some comments...

Have you leaned how to use "case" yet? If so, you may look into using that - you could cut a lot of the confusing "if" statements out of there...