You can use break to get out of a while loop without exiting the entire script.
Use function when you do some tasks many times.
By the way, here is a sample of your code with some little improvment
If we want to exit, there already is a choice in the menu, so .... the following lines are useless (and even bad for the workflow of query)
It's me again :)
I would like to create a script that will display a 'Main Menu' which will link to other scripts in the same directory. Is it possible to have a scrolling menu and pretty colours for this? :) (9 Replies)
I'm working on a script for a basic menu with four options. The first option for the menu asks a user to put in anyone's user name and is supposed to display the user's home directory. If a user does not enter a name, then their own home directory should be displayed. The second menu option is... (0 Replies)
So, I need help writing a Menu script in UNIX.
First how can I use letters for the options instead of numbers?
Also, is there any templates out on the web I can use? (2 Replies)
The code im having problems with is highlighted in red, upon selecting option 2 on the main menu (highlighted green) my echo "NETWORK CONNECTIVITY" command seems to get overlooked and the resulting output is "Thank you for using the Operator Administrative Tool." being displayed. Can anyone tell me... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I need to have a shell script for the below need.
1. Menu with one heading and 4 options.
2. the heading and 4 options are taken from a file.
File entry
======
Heading1|option1|option2|option3|option4|
Heading2|option1|option2|option3|option4|
3. the user entries must be captured in... (9 Replies)
Hi!
I have created on script which is working fine with menu options and with a sub-menu.
I want to enhance it by using sub-options under menu options.
Like.
option 1) will give the list only.
option 1.1) should give the option to user to choose one file, whose content user wanna see. ... (3 Replies)
hi all i am a newbie to this
is there any examples on creating a main menu with 3 sub menu
main menu -> option a , b and c
a menu -> option 1 ,2 and 3
b menu -> option 1 ,2
c menu -> option 1 ,2
i am getting headache as my code kept getting unexpected EOF
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I installed CentOS 8 with Gnome 3.28.2 and I noticed that the "switch user" menu item disappeared from under the system menu of Gnome classic (Both X11 & Wayland). I checked google and this problem seems to have a history going back several releases of Gnome.
Unfortunately, I never found a... (1 Reply)
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menu_opts(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_opts(3CURSES)NAME
menu_opts, set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off - menus option routines
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu-lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
OPTIONS menu_opts(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);
int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);
int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);
DESCRIPTION
Menu Options
set_menu_opts() turns on the named options for menu and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together.
menu_opts_on() turns on the named options for menu; no other option is changed.
menu_opts_off() turns off the named options for menu; no other option is changed.
menu_opts() returns the current options of menu.
The following values can be OR'd together to create opts.
O_ONEVALUE Only one item can be selected from the menu.
O_SHOWDESC Display the description of the items.
O_ROWMAJOR Display the menu in row major order.
O_IGNORECASE Ignore the case when pattern matching.
O_SHOWMATCH Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching.
O_NONCYCLIC Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic.
RETURN VALUES
Except for menu_opts(), these routines return one of the following:
E_OK The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
E_POSTED The menu is already posted.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.
SunOS 5.11 31 Dec 1996 menu_opts(3CURSES)