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10-24-2010

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This can easily be adapted to your needs

Code:

#!/usr/bin/bash
LIST=/tmp/list
while [[ "$c" != "2" ]]
do
    echo "1 - Enter a name
    2 - display $LIST
     3 - Exit"
    echo "Make your choice 1/2/3: "
    read c
    case $c in
    1)
        echo "Enter the name :"
        read a
        if ( ! grep ^"$a"$ $LIST >/dev/null 2>&1 )
        then
            echo "$a" >>$LIST
             echo "$a has been added to $LIST"
        else
            echo "filename $a already existing in $LIST, wanna remove it from list y/[n]?"
            read q
            case $q in
                 y|Y) grep -v ^"$a"$ $LIST >$LIST.tmp ; mv $LIST.tmp $LIST ; echo "$a removed from $LIST" ;;
                 n|N) echo "ok $a will stay in $LIST" ;;
                 *) echo "wrong choice, $LIST will stay as is" ;;
            esac
        fi
    ;;
    2) cat $LIST ;;
    3) exit 0 ;;
    *) echo "Wrong choice, try again..." ;;
    esac
done

---------- Post updated at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:54 AM ----------

Could modify the code and add something like and call remove_once "$a"

Code:

remove_once(){
flag=0
while read a
do if [ "$a" = "$1" ]
        then
            if [ $flag -eq 0 ]
            then
                 echo "$a" >>$LIST.tmp
                 let flag++
            fi
        else
             echo "$a" >>$LIST.tmp
        fi
done <$LIST
mv $LIST.tmp $LIST
}

Last edited by ctsgnb; 10-25-2010 at 09:36 AM.. Reason: with indentation ... so Scruti will be happy ;)

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NAME

       upscli_list_start - begin multi-item retrieval from a UPS

SYNOPSIS

       #include <upsclient.h>
       int upscli_list_start(UPSCONN_t *ups, int numq, const char **query)

DESCRIPTION

       The upscli_list_start() function takes the pointer ups to a UPSCONN_t state structure, and the pointer query to an array of numq query
       elements. It builds a properly-formatted request from those elements and transmits it to upsd(8).

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USES

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QUERY FORMATTING

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       you would populate query and numq as follows:

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