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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers BASH Shell Scripting: If, Then Statement Post 302796049 by hanson44 on Thursday 18th of April 2013 08:49:15 PM
Old 04-18-2013
Code:
#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter file name: "
read file
case $file in
  *.c)
    echo $file
    ;;
  *)
    exit
    ;;
esac

Quote:
the shell script will delete all comments
Code:
sed '/ /,/ /d'

The way you are trying to delete the comments will not work, will cause a lot of damage.
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line(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   line(1)

NAME
line - Reads one line from standard input SYNOPSIS
line STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: line: XCU5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. OPTIONS
None DESCRIPTION
The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line command always writes at least a newline character. NOTES
The line utility has no internationalization features and is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5. Use the read utility instead. EXIT STATUS
Success. End-of-File. EXAMPLES
To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter: echo 'Enter comments for the log:' echo ': c' line >>log This shell procedure displays the message: Enter comments for the log: It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of the file log. The echo ': c' command displays a : (colon) prompt. See the echo command for information about the c escape sequence. SEE ALSO
Commands: echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p) Functions: read(2) Standards: standards(5) line(1)
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