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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting While Do Loops Problems Post 302141287 by DKNUCKLES on Thursday 18th of October 2007 12:47:58 PM
Old 10-18-2007
While Do Loops Problems
So i'm coding this loop for a class I have. I think it goes without saying that I don't have much experience with this. This loops is supposed to check the input entered by the user. If it's entered in the command line then it checks the validity of the data entered, if it's not entered on the cmd line, the use is prompted to enter it. I need this loop to check the validity of the data - if it doesn't meet requirements, tell them the error, get them to re enter the data (their data of birth) then re-check the information they've entered. It's supposed to stay in the loop until the data they've entered meets requirements. If you guys could help me it would be GREATLY appreciated.

This is what I have so far... PLEASE NOTE : The error checking logic works fine, I just need help with the loop.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

#####
## VARIABLES
#####
status=0
iyear=${birthday:0:4}
imonth=${birthday:4:2}
iday=${birthday:6:2}
curdate=$(date +"%Y%m%d")
cal $imonth $iyear 2> /dev/null | grep $iday > /dev/null && daterr=0 || daterr=1

while [ $status -eq 0 ] 
do

[ $# = 0 ] && read -p "Please enter your birthday in the format YYYYMMDD : " birthday || birthday=$1
#####
## DATE VERIFICATION
#####

# DATE MUST BE 8 CHARACTERS
if [ ${#birthday} -ne 8 ]
then
	echo "You entered ${#birthday} characters, please enter your birthdate in the form YYYYMMDD" 
	ErrMsg="You entered ${#birthday} characters, please enter your birthdate in the form YYYYMMDD"
	status=0
	continue

# DATE CANNOT CONTAIN LETTERS
elif echo "$birthday" | grep "[^0-9]" > /dev/null
then
	echo "Your entry contains non numeric characters, please enter your birthdate in the form YYYYMMDD : "
	status=0
	continue

# DATE MUST ACTUALLY EXIST
elif [ $dateerr -eq  1 ]
then
	echo "You entered $birthday which is an invalid date, please enter your birthday in the form YYYYMMDD : "
	status=0
	continue

# DATE MUST NOT BE IN THE FUTURE
elif [ $iyear$imonth$iday -gt $curdate 2> /dev/null ]
then
	echo "You entered $birthday, which is a future date, please enter your birthday in the form YYYYMMDD : "
	status=0
	continue
else
	status=1
	break
fi
done

 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

break

break(1)                                                           User Commands                                                          break(1)

NAME

       break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until  loop

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       break [n]

       continue [n]

   csh
       break

       continue

   ksh
       *break [n]

       *continue [n]

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.

       The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.

   csh
       The  break  utility  resumes  execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
       line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.

       The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.

   ksh
       The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified,  then  break  n  levels.  If  n  is
       greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.

       The  continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume at the n-
       th enclosed loop. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.

       On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:

       1.  Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.

       2.  I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.

       3.  Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.

       4.  Words that follow a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment are expanded with the same rules as a  vari-
           able  assignment.  This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign, and also that word splitting and file name genera-
           tion are not performed.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), exit(1), ksh(1), sh( 1), attributes(5)

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