12-12-2006
Syntax error in script
I get this error when I try to run my script
(BTW, this is a simple script I am supposed to write for my class)
$ menuscript
menuscript[2]: syntax error at line 89 : `"' unmatched
$
Here is the code (Any help is greatly appreciated)
(Line numbers included)
1 #!/bin/ksh
2 while :
3 do
4 clear
5 cat <<++
6
7 **** MAIN MENU ****
8
9 1) Delete a file
10 2) Rename a file
11 3) Find a file
12 4) Display contents of a file using cat
13 5) Edit a file using vi
14 6) List the contents of a directory
15 7) Print todays date & time
16 8) Show users currently logged in
17 x) Exit
18 ++
19
20 echo "Please enter your selection $LOGNAME \c'
21 read selection
22 case $selection in
23 1)
24 echo "Enter a filename: \c"
25 read fname
26 if [ -r $fname ]
27 then
28 rm $fname
29 else
30 echo "menu: Cannot access file $fname"
31 fi
32 ;;
33 2)
34 echo "Enter a filename: \c"
35 read fname
36 echo "Enter a new filename: \c"
37 read frename
38 if [ -r $fname ]
39 then
40 cp $fname $frename
41 else
42 echo "menu: Cannot access the file $fname"
43 fi
44 ;;
45 3)
46 echo "Enter a filename: \c"
47 read fname
48 find . -name "$fname" -print
49 ;;
50 4)
51 echo "Enter a filename: \c"
52 read fname
53 if [ -r $fname ]
54 then
55 cat $fname
56 else
57 echo "menu: Cannot access the file $fname \c"
58 fi
59 ;;
60 5)
61 echo "Enter a filename: \c"
62 read fname
63 if [ -r $fname ]
64 then
65 vi $fname
66 else
67 echo "menu: Cannot access the file $fname \c"
68 6)
69 echo "Enter a directory name: \c"
70 read dname
71 if [ -r $dname ]
72 then
73 ls -l $dname
74 else
75 echo "menu: Cannot access the directory $dname"
76 fi
77 ;;
78 7)
79 date
80 ;;
81 8)
82 who
83 ;;
84 q|Q|e|E|x|X)
85 exit 0
86 ;;
87 *) echo "Invalid choice. Try again.";;
88 esac
89 echo "Press Enter to continue \c"
90 done
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
exicyclog
EXICYCLOG(8) System Manager's Manual EXICYCLOG(8)
NAME
exicyclog - Cycle exim's logfiles
SYNOPSIS
eximcyclog
DESCRIPTION
The exicyclog script can be used to cycle (rotate) mainlog and rejectlog files. This is not necessary if only syslog is being used. Some
operating systems have their own standard mechanisms for log cycling, and these can be used instead of exicyclog if preferred.
Each time exicyclog is run the file names get 'shuffled down' by one. If the main log file name is mainlog (the default) then when exicy-
clog is run mainlog becomes mainlog.01, the previous mainlog.01 becomes mainlog.02 and so on, up to a limit which is set in the script, and
which defaults to 10. Reject logs are handled similarly.
If no mainlog file exists, the script does nothing. Files that 'drop off' the end are deleted. All files with numbers greater than 01 are
compressed, using a compression command which is configured by the COMPRESS_COMMAND setting in Local/Makefile. It is usual to run "exicy-
clog" daily from a root "crontab" entry of the form
1 0 * * * su exim -c /usr/exim/bin/exicyclog
assuming you have used the name 'exim' for the Exim user. You can run exicyclog as root if you wish, but there is no need.
BUGS
This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches
would be greatly appreciated.
SEE ALSO
exim(8), /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/
AUTHOR
This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system
(but may be used by others).
March 26, 2003 EXICYCLOG(8)