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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need help with Interactive rename file. Post 302267048 by cfajohnson on Thursday 11th of December 2008 02:34:02 PM
Old 12-11-2008
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Originally Posted by keyboardkowboy
hey all i was writing a script to

Were you? Or is this a homework assignment?
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1.Rename a file upon the user's request. If the file exists, prompt the user for confirmation before renaming the file. The screen should prompt the user for
a.“Name of file you want to rename.” Use the “\c” escape character.
b.“New name of file” Use the “\c” escape character.

Why use \c? It is not supported in many shells or systems.

Use printf instead.
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c.“File Exist” to avoid overriding a file.
d.“File $oldname changed to $newname”
e.“Do you want to rename another file?” If the user selects “yes” the system should refresh the screen and if the user selects “no” the system should exit to the prompt sign.
f.Refresh the screen to go back to the menu until the user selects the exit option.


so far this is what i got so far, but im stuck and i dont know how to approach the rest of it.

If you can't do better than this, you'd better take the course over.

Did it not cover while loops?
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heres the code.

echo "**************************************"
echo "* Chuck Ingrid *"
echo "* Renaming Files Interactively *"
echo "**************************************"
echo "* 1. Select R or r to rename your file *"
echo "* 2. Select E or e to exit the screen *"
echo "******************************************"
#
echo
echo "0: exit"
echo "R or r: To rename your file
echo "E or e: Exit the screen"
echo "Enter your choice: \c"
read option
case $option in
1) echo "Enter File name to rename: \c"
read response
 

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ACTDIAG(1)						      General Commands Manual							ACTDIAG(1)

NAME

       actdiag - generate activity-diagram image file from spec-text file.

SYNOPSIS

       actdiag [options] files

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the actdiag commands.

       actdiag is a program that generate activity-diagram image file from spec-text file.

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU  command  line	syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is
       included below.	For a complete description, see the Info files.

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -a, --antialias
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	      read configurations from FILE

       -o FILE
	      write diagram to FILE

       -f FONT, --font=FONT
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SEE ALSO

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