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Old 12-04-2005
djt0506 djt0506 is offline
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if statement problem

hi all. i just have a very small problem. i have a menu of 7 choices. i want an if statement so that if the user chooses anything except inside the 1 to 7 range, i can handle the error for it.

i tried this:

if [ $choice -ne [1-7] ]
then
.......
fi

(but it dont work)

...any suggestions?

thanks all in advance
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