echo -n "How many days back would you like to check? "; read days
How can I ensure that the user has a.) entered a number between 1-30 (not 0 or 31+) and b.) has not just hit enter (ie set it to "") and if it's entered wrong, how do I start the if statement over?
I think I figured out my first question while typing. I have:
EDIT: I didnt figure it out at all
Code:
if [ "$days" != [1-30] ]; then #this doesnt work
echo "Please specify a number between 1 and 30."
echo -n "How many days back would you like to check? "; read days
else
...
fi
If they enter it wrong again, it errors. Is there a better way to do this?
Code:
while :
do
printf "Enter day of month (1 - 30): "
read day
case $day in
*[^0-9]* | "" | ???* )
printf "Invalid number: \"%s\"\nPlease try again.\n\n" "$day"
continue
;;
esac
if [ $day -gt 30 -o $day -lt 1 ]
then
printf "\nInvalid number: \"%s\"\nPlease try again.\n\n" "$day"
continue
fi
break
done
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
holidays
holidays(4) File Formats holidays(4)NAME
holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system
SYNOPSIS
/etc/acct/holidays
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/acct/holidays file describes which hours are considered prime time and which days are holidays. Holidays and weekends are con-
sidered non-prime time hours. /etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system.
All lines beginning with an "*" are comments.
The /etc/acct/holidays file consists of two sections. The first non-comment line defines the current year and the start time of prime and
non-prime time hours, in the form:
current_year prime_start non_prime_start
The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form:
month/day company_holiday
Of these two fields, only the month/day is actually used by the accounting system programs.
The /etc/acct/holidays file must be updated each year.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Example of the /etc/acct/holidays file.
The following is an example of the /etc/acct/holidays file:
* Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system
*
* Curr Prime Non-Prime
* Year Start Start
*
1991 0830 1800
*
* only the first column (month/day) is significant.
*
* month/day Company Holiday
*
1/1 New Years Day
5/30 Memorial Day
7/4 Indep. Day
9/5 Labor Day
11/24 Thanksgiving Day
11/25 day after Thanksgiving
12/25 Christmas
12/26 day after Christmas
SEE ALSO acct(1M)SunOS 5.10 28 Mar 1991 holidays(4)
06-19-2007
