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Old 01-08-2015
Reduce the number of lines by using Array

I have the following code to count the number of how many times the name occurred in one file. The code is working fine and the output is exactly what I want. The problem is the real code has more than 50 names in function listname which cause function name to have more than 50 case ,and function setname more than 50 lines.

is there a way to rewrite function name and function setname in short code? someone told me I can use Array but not sure how. My goal is to reduce the number of lines.

Code:
function listname {

echo "List of Name:-"

  echo "1-Kim    2-Lee     3-Jack     4-Sam"
  echo "5-Nick    6-Smith"

name;
 }

function name {
  echo "Which name ou want to change?"
        read iname
 
        case $iname in
        1 ) echo "Kim"

               read -p "Enter Kim: " Kim
               echo "Kim=($Kim)"
        ;;
        2 ) echo "Lee"

               read -p "Enter Lee: " Lee
               echo "Lee=($Lee)"
     
        ;;

        3 ) echo "Jack"

               read -p "Enter Jack: " Jack
               echo "Jack=($Jack)"
        ;;

        4 ) echo "Sam"

               read -p "Enter Sam: " Sam
               echo "Sam=($Sam)"
        ;;
        5 ) echo "Nick"

               read -p "Enter Nick: " Nick
               echo "Nick=($Nick)"
        ;;
        6 ) echo "Smith"

               read -p "Enter Smith: " Smith
               echo "Smith=($Smith)"

        ;;
   
        * ) echo "You did not enter a number"
                echo "between 1 and 6." 

esac
 echo "Do you want another change?"
 read anothchang
     case $anothchang in
        [yY] | [yY][Ee][Ss] )
        listname;
             ;;
       [nN] | [nN][Oo] )
        setname;

}


function setname {      
               [ -z "$Kim" ] && Kim="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Kim"
               [ -z "$Lee" ] && Lee="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Lee"
               [ -z "$Jack" ] && Jack="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Jack"
               [ -z "$Sam" ] && Sam="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Sam"
               [ -z "$Nick" ] && Nick="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Nick"
               [ -z "$Smith" ] && Smith="cat /tmp/list | grep -c Smith"
output;
    }

 function output {

 echo "Kim ($Kim)  
   Lee($Lee) 
   Jack($Jack) 
   Sam($Sam) 
   Nick($Nick)   
   Smith($Smith)"
  }
echo "Hello"
listname;

 

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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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