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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Menu list in Unix csh - command not found Post 302298225 by morava on Tuesday 17th of March 2009 03:12:45 AM
Old 03-17-2009
Menu list in Unix csh - command not found
Hello, im taking a class of Unix and i dont really know much about it, im trying to create a list of menu a user would select from and im very lost. Basically it will have 5 options, the user will chose from:
1. list files in the pwd
2. display date and time
3. is the file file or directory
4. create a backup
5. exit

I have no idea how to do options 3 and 4, i think i did right options 1.2.5. When I try to run the file (it has the x permission now) i am getting a command not found. Any idea how to finish it? Thanks !!

This is what i have right now:


#!bin/csh
# This menu will allow user to select from a menu of options, and then perform the
# selected command. User can use options until he chooses to exit
while :
do
clear
echo ***** Select from menu *****
echo "[1] List all files in the current directory"
echo "[2] Display today's date and time"
echo "[3] Display whether a file is just a file, or if it is a directory"
echo "[4] Create a back up file"
echo "[5] Exit the menu"
echo -n "Select your choice {1-5}:"
read yourch
case $yourch in
1) echo "These are your files: "; ls -l; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
2) echo "Today is 'date', time is 'time'; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
5) exit 0 ;;
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