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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bourne Shell Scripting CRISIS Post 22261 by Aussie_Bloke on Thursday 30th of May 2002 10:23:03 AM

05-30-2002

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G'day LivinFree

The case statement that is out of sorts is actually within another case statement, would that possible have any effect on the outcome, given that there's 4 items to choose from in both?

Another possibility could be that I'm using windows notepad to create the file, porting it to UNIX via FTP to a local server, could that create problems?

I've also noticed that even though I'm sending the same file the file sizes are different, under dos and UNIX. The difference varies, but it's not more than 100 bytes, should that be cause for concern?

As requested, here's an edited selection of the file:

Code:

        echo -----------
	echo -Logs-Menu-
	echo -----------
	echo
	echo "1. Search Logs for a file"
	echo
	echo "2. View all sorted by date / time"
	echo
	echo "3. View by type (Backup or Restore)"
	echo
	echo "4. Quit"
	echo
	echo Please make your selection
	read selection
	case $selection in
	1) #Search logs for something
	echo Please enter a file name to search for
	read searchname
	cd logs
	grep $searchname *.*
	grep $searchname >> log_file2
	;;
	2) #View all sorted by date / time
	echo Displaying all log files
	more *.*
	;;
	3) #View by type
	echo Please enter what type you want
	echo "(B for backup or R for restore)"
	read choice
	if [ $choice = "B" ]
	then
	cd logs
	grep B *.*
		else
		grep R *.*
	;;
	4) #Quit
	done
	quit
	exit
	;;

esac
4) #Quit
exit
;;
esac

The text at the bottom (The 4) #Quit portion) is the last part of the first case statement.

Note that I'm now also getting another message, claiming that the indicated line (** Code **) has an unexpected `)'
Just wondering if it would be possible to explain that one too...

Thanks

Aussie_Bloke

[I added code tags for readability....Perderabo]

Last edited by Perderabo; 05-30-2002 at 11:36 AM..

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