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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions Script does not execute properly Post 302342765 by Scott on Monday 10th of August 2009 05:22:55 PM
Old 08-10-2009
Hi.

Does the script output an error?

Question: In your first while loop, you write "ls /mnt/sdb1/week$num/file*"

Is the user expected to type "file" as part of the filename?

i.e. your cat in the second while is "cat /mnt/sdb1/week$num/$file"

So to see file "whatever", I'd have to type "filewhatever".

If the file is not being displayed, either there is an error, or the follow on prompt "Incorrect filename ... Please select again.... " would be given. Is it?
 

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