Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello everyone, im just having some problem forming a script for a hangman script. The question states:

The object this excercise is for u to write a script that emulate the classic game hangman. The object of this game is for a user to try and guess a word which has been generated by the program. The user will generally have a certain amount of lives and is then requested to try and guess a letter in the owrd. on successful guesses the letter is shown within the word in its relevant position. An unsuccessful guess leads to a loss of a life. A reord of guessed letters must be kept and displayed.


Specification

1) The program will allow for a 1 player game. The word to be guessed is randomly generated from a list of stored words.
2)The guessed letters must be visible to the player.

3)The current lives must be visible

4)The number of guesses must be visisble

5)When the number of lives has run out or the word is guessed a mesage should be displayed to the user stating how they ahve done.

Example..

Sorry the word was "THE_SECRET_WORD"

OR
Well done the word was "THE_SECRET_WORD" you guessed it in 15 attempts with the loss of 2 lives

6) you must prompt te er to ask if they wish to play again.

7)your application should prevent the user entering characters other than letters. the user should only be able to enter one letter at a time.

If anyone could post how i could overcome this problem it would be great, if some one could have a crack at this and maybe post syntax i would be really please. Many Thanks in advance.

The reason that no one answered you the first time you posted this problem is that we all feel you will learn programming much more efficiently by doing the homework yourself.

You should first attempt to write it, and if have some questions I'm sure many here will jump in to help you learn. But if you expect someone to post a completed program for you to turn in, then you've not only come to the wrong place, but also are attempting to cheat against your teachers, your schoolmates and yourself.

If you don't want to learn this stuff, why are you taking the class? Drop it and pick up something you'll enjoy more. I enjoy puzzles, which is why I can happily spend hours getting a RegEx just right. If you can't be bothered to write a simple Q&A game then programming is not for you.