I am having problem looping this script
I want to give the user option to decide if they want to continue after each entry but then also loop it back to beginning so they can more to content of there testcase they just created. I fam new to scripting so loops are little tricky for me.
code I presently have
Code:
print "Please enter test case name"
read testcasename
echo $testcasename
while [ $CHOICE -nq N ];
do
print "Please enter in field 1 Version"
read version
if [[ "${#version}" -lt 4 ]] ; then
print -n $version >> $testcasename
else
print "too many bytes"
print "Do you want to continue Y/N?"
read CHOICE
fi
print "Pleasent in field 2 Date"
read date
if [[ "${#date}" -lt 9 ]] ; then
print -n $date >> $testcasename
else
print "too many bytes"
print "Do you want to continue Y/N?"
fi
exit
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