My menu function

amatuer_lee_3 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

Below is my menu options code. It allows user to pick one of two option. I can get the first option to work, because if it is selected it just "breaks" and carries on with the script.

What i want to know is if a user selects option two how do i get that option to ignore all the other script and go to another specific part to carry out other commands??? ( i have indicated the problem by putting ########)

Code:

while true; do
    echo " "        
    echo "Main Menu: "
    echo "Please Select An Option Using The Options Provided."
    echo " "        
    echo "1 - Search All Files"
    echo " "        
    echo "2 - Idex Page Information"
        echo " "
        echo "Q - Quit"
        echo " "
        echo "Please enter your option: "
        read CHOSEN_KEY
        case $CHOSEN_KEY in
                [1])    echo " "
            echo "You Have Selected To Search All Files For Hits"
                        break;;                               # By using break i carry on my script which works correctly.
                [2])    echo " "
            echo "You Have Selected To Access Index Page Information"
                      ######;;
                Q|q)    echo " "
            echo "Goodbye"
                        exit;;
        esac
done

fabtagon · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

What do you mean by "make my menu run"? What errors do you get? Do you have a problem starting it like

Code:

me@mybox$ mymenu.sh

Therefore you have to set proper rights, e.g. execute-bit (chmod 755 mymenu.sh). First line of your program must be "#!/bin/bash". If your current working dir is not in your $PATH (preferred) you must start via

Code:

me@mybox$ ./mymenu.sh

amatuer_lee_3 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

Code:

[2])    echo " "
			echo "You Have Selected To Access Index Page Information"
                       ###What do i put here to make it go to a new set of funtions###;;

Basically if i use this part of my script to move to another place for example the user selects option two, and i want it to output a function: so i type:

Code:

 [2])    echo " "
			echo "You Have Selected To Access Index Page Information"
                   readindex;;

###and have later in my code####

readindex () {

echo "hello"

}

it does not work

fabtagon · #4 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

Well, might there be some difference (more specificly: a space) between the call to "readindex" and your function's name "read index"?

amatuer_lee_3 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

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