Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: checking users input to file
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting checking users input to file Post 302576965 by gangsta on Sunday 27th of November 2011 07:38:09 PM
Old 11-27-2011
checking users input to file
ok im sorta stuck on this,

The user enters a car model and it has to check it in a text file in the current directory. If the car model is not in the file, user has to enter another model

This is what i have so far

Code:
read -p "Enter a car model: " car1
grep -w $car1=$(cat carMakes.txt)
test $? = 0 && echo "Car not found, try again please"

it executes but i get a long list saying, the following

Code:
grep: Honda No such file or directory

 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Checking last logon for users

Hi, I'm working on a number of AIX pSeries servers which are using LDAP to manage the accounts. I'm trying to find out if there is a command which will tell me the last logon time of a user on a particular server or if they've never logged on to that server. does anyone know if this can be... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: m223464
1 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

checking wether an input is using letters of the alphabet

afternoon forums. I need to get a way of testing as to wether an inputed character is part of the english alphabet. i have come up with the following code but its not working at all. until '] do echo This is not a Letter done any help would be beneficial to me. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: strasner
1 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Checking input for being numeric and integers

Hi, I'm trying to check to see that the arguments given to my script are both numeric and positive integers. I'm using tcsh. I figured out the positive part, but I am having trouble with the arguments being numeric and integers I have no idea where to get started with the checking them actually... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mistykz
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Checking input is Numerical

Hey guys, i was looking for some examples of how can i check if the use input is just using numerical. i came across an example using tr : echo "read this" read this if ]`" ] ; then echo "True - only alpha and numeric" else echo "False - there are NON alpha and numeric stuff here!" fi... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: gregarion
7 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to write shell script for input file name format checking?

Hello, I had written a shell script that accepts input file as cmd line argument and process this file. if ; then if ; then . $1 LOGFILE="$LOG_FILE/MIG_BIOS.log"; get_input_file else ERROR_CODE=MSCRM0005_003 error "$ERROR_CODE : Input file $1 is not available"; exit... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Poonamol
3 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

comparing users input to a file in another directory?

how would i go about comparing a users input to a file which is in another directory? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gangsta
2 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

TCSH user input error checking

This was taken down recently because it appeared to be homework, but it isn't. It's for a script I am working on at work. Thanks for the help. How do you check that user inputs (arguments 1 and 2) are both numbers and are at least 5 digits in length? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thibodc
2 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Checking the file depending on the input variable

Hi I have a requirement of taking time as input variable outside the script.depending on the time it will check the file output .like ./script.sh <30 min> so script.sh should run every 5 minutes ie.6 times to check the output file.Can any one please help here. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: netdbaind
7 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Best Alternative for checking input parameter contains required value or not

Any good way to check if code has the required output # /sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 /sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts | grep "= 1" net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 What I can think of is above, and it... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: alvinoo
16 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Checking the user input in perl for characters and length

My question is basically as the title says. How can I check a user inputted string is only certain characters long (for example, 3 characters long) and how do I check a user inputted string only contains certain characters (for example, it should only contain the characters 'u', 'a', 'g', and 'c')... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Eric1
4 Replies

LEARN ABOUT HPUX

setnetlp

setnetlp(1M)															      setnetlp(1M)

NAME

       setnetlp - configure the LP spooling system for network printers

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/setnetlp
       /usr/sbin/setnetlp -p printer [options]
       /usr/sbin/setnetlp -x printer

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  configures  network  printers  in the LP spooling systems with specified printer model interface file.  It is used to add and
       remove specified printer that is referred as a LP destinations, change configuration of the printer if the printer exists.

       Network printers that support lpd protocol or JetDirect interface can be configured by The command is a shell procedure.   It  calls  lpad-
       min(1M)	command for lpd printer configuration. It may also call addqueue(1) and removequeue(1) commands for configuring printers with Jet-
       Direct interface when the optional software HP JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix is installed on the system.

       Exactly one of the -p, -x options or no options must be present for every legal invocation of

	      -p printer     Names a printer to which all of the options below refer.  If printer does not exist, it will be created.

	      -x printer     Removes the printer from the LP spooling system.  The printer is a LP destination configured in the LP spooling  sys-
			     tem.  No other options are allowed with -x.

       The following options are required for -p and can appear in any order.

	      -orm machine   The name of the remote machine or IP address of the network printer is machine.

	      -om model      This  option  selects  a  printer	model  interface  program for printer.	The model is one of the model file name at
			     /usr/lib/lp/model/* supplied with the LP software or generated by	psmsgen(1M).   Refer  to  lpadmin(1M)  Models  for
			     details.

       One and only one of the following options is required for -p and can appear in any order.

	      -orp rprinter  The  name of the remote printer queue that has configured on the remote machine is rprinter.  This option is required
			     to configure lpd printer and can not be used with -jd option.

	      -jd	     When this option is specified, configures	the  printer  using  commands  provided  by  HP JetDirect Printer Install-
			     er for Unix

       Interactive terminal user interface (TUI) will be invoked when is invoked without any options.  At the TUI, values of all options described
       above can be set.  In addition, for some printer model, defaults of model  interface  options  also  can  be  customized.   When  HP JetDi-
       rect Printer Installer for Unix	is  available  on the system, some recommended initial values for options may be provided for some printer
       model.  The model customization support feature by is available only for TUI.  No customization is performed by non-interactive	invocation
       of To customize model options for a printer without the TUI, pre-customized model file needs to be generated before running for configuring
       the printer.

EXAMPLES

       Assuming a LIPS printer supported lpd protocol on a network as remote printer host name lphost and remote printer name lipslp the command:

	      /usr/sbin/setnetlp -p netlp -orm lphost -orp lipslp -om LIPS4

       causes the spool system to use the local printer netlp and the local model file LIPS4.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       lpadmin(1M), addqueue(1), removequeue(1), psmsgen(1M)

																      setnetlp(1M)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:21 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy