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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: It's a shell script using a looping logic, trap, tput, if, while. Most of the scripts in this book aren't written for Ubuntu (which is what I'm running) but are supposed to be run on Knoppix or UNIX, so I've found quirks and I'm curious if this is one of them.
Everything seems to be working fine except where the cursor starts for the end user. Instead of starting where the Phone Number line is, it starts at Last Name. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Everything else executes fine.

Code:

while [ $looptest = y ]
do
  clear
  tput cup 1 4; echo "Corporate Phone List Additions"
  tput cup 2 4; echo "=============================="
  tput cup 4 4; echo "Phone Number:  "
  tput cup 5 4; echo "Last Name   : "
  tput cup 6 4; echo "First Name  : "
  tput cup 7 4; echo "Middle Init : "
  tput cup 8 4; echo "Dept #      : "
  tput cup 9 4; echo "Job Title   : "
  tput cup 10 4; echo "Date Hired  : "
  tput cup 12 4; echo "Add Another? (y)es or (q)uit: "
  if [ "$phonenum" = "q" ]
         then
           clear; exit
  fi

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
tput, if there's really not much to this...


3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts): I thought this might be a quirk because the book isn't written for Ubuntu, but rather for Knoppix, UNIX or Fedora. I've found several instances where I've had to change a few syntaxes to get things to work right.
I've changed from dash to bash (thank you Google) and that did get one of my other scripts working correctly.



4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course): Northern Virginia Community College, (I'm taking the class online so I've never actually been to the campus, but I think it's in Alexandria, VA), Leon Nicely, ITN-171
(This doesn't actually have to be turned in and isn't required, but I'm doing it to understand my actual homework...which is a bit sad)


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