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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions How to read user keyboard input inside the case? Post 302728375 by Yoda on Wednesday 7th of November 2012 05:46:39 PM
Old 11-07-2012
I tried with following modification and able to read user input and print them:-

Code:
#!/bin/sh
clear
echo "\t `date "+%d/%m/%Y"`"
echo "\t Hostname Machine: `hostname`"
echo "\t user: `whoami` "
echo "\t M A I N - M E N U"
echo "\t 1.Copey Directory Tree"
echo "\t 2.Delete Files or Directories"
echo "\t 3.Output Information"

while true ; do
        echo -n "\t Please enter an option [ 1 - 4 ] : "
        read opt

        case "$opt" in
                1) echo "Enter the source and destination for copying files"
                   read src
                   read dest
                   echo "$src"
                   echo "$dest"
                   ;;
                2)  ;;
                3) echo "\t the number of possible users on the system: `cat /etc/passwd |wc -l` \n\t the number of current user on the system : `who | wc -l`\n\t the number of processes running: `ps -e | wc -l`"  ;;
                *) exit ;;
        esac
done

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SYNOPSIS

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       fies the display screen on where sysman_menu displays its window. If the display option is not  specified,  sysman_menu	uses  the  display
       screen  specified by your DISPLAY environment variable. The display option has the format hostname:server.number. The default is :0.0.  For
       more information, see the X(1X) reference page.	In a TruCluster environment, some management tasks effect the cluster as a whole and  some
       are  local  to  a specific cluster member.  If a task requires focus, the "Choose a host to manage" dialog box will be displayed. To launch
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       browser. For detailed information in running SysMan  Menu  from	a  PC  or  a  Web  browser,  please  use  your	Web  browser  and  go  to:
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SEE ALSO

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