09-25-2010
Thank you that helped a lot. I have one more question
How do I make this its own line. What I mean is when I execute it prints it with my directory on the same line
./countdown.sh 3
3,2,1/export/home/zero3>
and I want
./countdown.sh 3
3,2,1
/export/home/zero3>
Thank you again.
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