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# 1  
Old 10-31-2012
How to read in a part of an echo line?
Hello,
I have a very basic script
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
      while
print ' '
print '          1. View Command History '
print '          2. List files in current Directory '
 read opt'?Enter Option> ' ;do
if [ $opt = 1 ] ;then
      fc -l
      fi
#     
      if [ $opt = 2 ] ;then
      ls -la

I want to add some more options to do a 'cd' command but without coding all the 'if' statements.
Is there a way to list the options (all the directory names) and then cd to that directory based on the number supplied?

Thanks

Rob
Last edited by Franklin52; 10-31-2012 at 10:44 AM.. Reason: fixed code tags
# 2  
Old 10-31-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grueben

Is there a way to list the options (all the directory names) and then cd to that directory based on the number supplied?
What about using case..?

You can add multiple options..

sample code..

Code:
case "$1" in

1)  echo "Sending 1 signal"    
    ;;
2)  echo  "Sending 2 signal"
    ;;
3)  echo  "Sending 3 signal"
    ;;
*) echo "Signal number $1 is not processed"
   ;;
esac

# 3  
Old 10-31-2012
You also may want to have a look at this link
# 4  
Old 10-31-2012
Not sure if this works the same in ksh, but according to man page you might want to give it a shot:
Code:
allfiles=$(ls)
select selfile in $allfiles
   do echo $selfile
   done

This will return the selected file/directory in the variable selfile, to which you then can cd
# 5  
Old 10-31-2012
You can find some ksh use of "select" here
# 6  
Old 10-31-2012
Thanks I'll have a look but I don't really understand it !
# 7  
Old 10-31-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grueben
Thanks I'll have a look but I don't really understand it !
Please look..

Code:
$ cat test.sh
case "$1" in

1)  echo "Sending 1 signal"
    ;;
2)  echo  "Sending 2 signal"
    ;;
3)  echo  "Sending 3 signal"
    ;;
*) echo "Signal number $1 is not processed"
   ;;
esac

$ sh test.sh 2
Sending 2 signal

$ sh test.sh 1
Sending 1 signal

$ sh test.sh 5
Signal number 5 is not processed

As per your given option you can change what you want to do.
just replace echo with your command.Smilie
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