#!/bin/bash

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# 
# Project     : personal script.
# Started     : Wed Aug 03, 2011 
# Author      : Habitual
# Description : susepaste c-li script with user input.
# Todo        : I need to validate "$EXPIRATION".
# 
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clear
echo -n "Post as: "
read NAME

echo -n "Post Title: "
read TITLE

echo -n "File to post: "
read FILE

echo -e "Expiration:"
echo -e "30m (Minutes)"
echo -e "1h (Hour)"
echo -e "6h (Hours)"
echo -e "12h (Hours)"
echo -e "1d (1 Day)"
echo -e "1w (1 Week)"
echo -e "1m (1 Month)"
echo -e "3m (3 Months)"
echo -e "1y (1 Year)"
echo -e "2y (2 Years)"
echo -e "3y (3 Years)"
echo -e "n (Never)"
read EXPIRATION

# An Array to validate $EXPIRATION?
# expiry=("30" "60" "360" "720" "1440" "10080" "40320" "151200" "604800" "1209600" "1814400" "0")

case $EXPIRATION in
    '30m') EXPIRATION="30" ;;
    '1h') EXPIRATION="60" ;; 
    '6h') EXPIRATION="360" ;; 
    '12h') EXPIRATION="720" ;; 
    '1d') EXPIRATION="1440" ;; 
    '1w') EXPIRATION="10080" ;; 
    '1m') EXPIRATION="40320" ;; 
    '3m') EXPIRATION="151200" ;; 
    '1y') EXPIRATION="604800" ;; 
    '2y') EXPIRATION="1209600" ;; 
    '3y') EXPIRATION="1814400" ;; 
    'n')  EXPIRATION="0" ;; 
esac

# test output during coding:
echo susepaste -t "$TITLE" -e "$EXPIRATION" -f bash -n "$NAME" "$FILE"
exit 0

# EOF

...
if [ $? != $EXPIRATION ]; then
echo "Invalid entry: "
read answer
else
echo susepaste -t "$TITLE" -e "$EXPIRATION" -f bash -n "$NAME" "$FILE"
exit 0
fi
# EOF

...
case $EXPIRATION in
    '30m') EXPIRATION="30" ;;
    '1h') EXPIRATION="60" ;; 
    '6h') EXPIRATION="360" ;; 
    '12h') EXPIRATION="720" ;; 
    '1d') EXPIRATION="1440" ;; 
    '1w') EXPIRATION="10080" ;; 
    '1m') EXPIRATION="40320" ;; 
    '3m') EXPIRATION="151200" ;; 
    '1y') EXPIRATION="604800" ;; 
    '2y') EXPIRATION="1209600" ;; 
    '3y') EXPIRATION="1814400" ;; 
    'n')  EXPIRATION="0" ;; 
      *) echo "Try again "
      read $EXPIRATION
     ...
esac