04-06-2011
Reading File Enquiry
Hi There,
I am a beginner when it comes to writing scripts in LINUX so please bear with me when it comes to the question as it is probably a very simple issue.
I am just using some free time to write some LINUX scripts and have just worked ona very basic program that allows a user to input their name and then enter their top ten films. The user input is then written to a file using the following command :
echo "$input1,$input2.....etc" >> filename
In the output file the data is stored as below
input1,input2,etc
I am trying to find the right code to be able to assign the data from the output file to indiviual variables when reading from the output file. As there are liking to be spaces seperating word in the film title the only thing that is unique to seperate each instance is the ,
Is there some coding that I can use to complete this operation??
Sorry if the wording is not completely friendly but like I said I'm a beginner here so trying to do my best lol
RedAlex76
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gpe-question
GPE-QUESTION(1) gpe-question GPE-QUESTION(1)
NAME
gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts.
SYNOPSIS
gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons.
OPTIONS
--question STRING
The question to ask the user via the dialogue.
--buttons type:label
The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons.
EXAMPLES
gpe-question "test" --question "Do you want to check first?" --buttons YES:yes NO:no
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
Moray Allen
Author.
COPYRIGHT
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Debian 1 January 16, 2007 GPE-QUESTION(1)