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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions Shell scripting/menu Post 302802573 by Corona688 on Friday 3rd of May 2013 11:18:17 PM
Old 05-04-2013
Your case syntax is slightly wrong: The ;; must come at the end of every option, not just the last two.

Your read syntax is correct.

All that remains is putting it in a loop like

Code:
while true
do
...
done

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unbound-checkconf

unbound-checkconf(8)						  unbound 1.4.17					      unbound-checkconf(8)

NAME

       unbound-checkconf - Check unbound configuration file for errors.

SYNOPSIS

       unbound-checkconf [-h] [-o option] [cfgfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Unbound-checkconf  checks  the  configuration  file for the unbound(8) DNS resolver for syntax and other errors.  The config file syntax is
       described in unbound.conf(5).

       The available options are:

       -h     Show the version and commandline option help.

       -o option
	      If given, after checking the config file the value of this option is printed to stdout.  For "" (disabled) options an empty line	is
	      printed.

       cfgfile
	      The config file to read with settings for unbound. It is checked.  If omitted, the config file at the default location is checked.

EXIT CODE

       The unbound-checkconf program exits with status code 1 on error, 0 for a correct config file.

FILES

       /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
	      unbound configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       unbound.conf(5), unbound(8).

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