Hello everybody!!!
I am writing my own rm command in unix.
I prompt the user to type if he wants to delete a file and then read what he typed.
But how do i check what he typed?
This is my program so far:
echo 'Delete prog1.c (y/n)?'
read yesOrNo
if yesOrNo == 'y'
then
rm prog1.c... (6 Replies)
i have to check if is input number or text, i case that is text then exit script
exaple is hrere, but is not working
check_it()
{
if ) ]
then
if (( $1 > 0 && $1 < 13 ));
then
echo "input number is ok"
else
... (2 Replies)
Hi all, I currently have a script which uses read -p for user interaction. e.g.
read -p "New user? " user
Is it possible to have it so if the user enters nothing and just presses return it can resort to a specified value instead?
Thanks! :) (5 Replies)
I am starting to learn how to use bash and I would like the script to do the following:
Asks the user for his/her name
Asks the user for one number
Asks the user for another number
Then it adds the two numbers,
Also multiply the two numbers
I have the part where you get the name, and I... (3 Replies)
I am trying to calculate the maximum number from four numbers input by the user. I have the following code, but it does not work. It says there's an error with the last line "done". Any help would be appreciated.
max=0
echo "Please enter four numbers: "
for i in 1 2 3 4
do
read number... (17 Replies)
Hi,
I need my script to check if the user enters 3 values if not 5 values to my script and alert if the input has any other number of values.
for example:
./myscript.sh 22 56 3221 - > correct
./myscript.sh 22 56 3221 45 777 -> correct
./myscript.sh 22 56 3221 45 -> incorrect
Please... (6 Replies)
Hi,
On my Java webpage which invokes the shell script has two checkboxes viz ...
apache
and
weblogic
apache require one parameter i.e apache home from the user while Weblogic requires three or five params from the user vi.z weblogic_home or <jdk_home, config_home & pid>, username and... (4 Replies)
How to check the user input to be valid using shell script?
The valid input is in the format like as follows.
1. It can only have r,w,x or a hyphen and nothing else.
2. ensure the r, w, x are in the correct order.
for example: rwxr-xr-x is a valid format.
Thanks (5 Replies)
Hi All,
#!/bin/bash
#Just trying to check if letters are in the user input. Any tips?
# I have tried regexp and using 0-9 etc, i cannot get this to work either in just an if statement or while in a loop.
echo "Please pick a number"
read num
if ; then
echo "Please enter a number"... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jvezinat
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
noecho
echo(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions echo(3XCURSES)NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib
-R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]
c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int echo(void);
int noecho(void);
DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft-
ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)