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Old 10-30-2005
I've made progress!

Hello,

I've made some progress, but have a few questions.

Is there a way to read in user input inside a Here Document?

The last line of the add(draft) file is supposed to redirect the user input to the phonebook file, but it is not doing that. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

So the redirected user input should be appended to the end of the phonebook file.

The display file should perform a search for the keyword(s) that the user inputs. Once again, I am not sure what I am missing or doing wrong.

Thanks,
Eric

Code:
# Menu file 

clear=`tput clear` 
bold=`tput bold` 
bell=`tput bel` 
off=`tput sgr0` 

export clear bold bell off 

cat<<alldone1 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
           MENU PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 

alldone1 

cat<<alldone2 

    Press ${bold}A${off} to add information to the phonebook. 
    Press ${bold}C${off} to change phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}D${off} to display phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}R${off} to remove phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}Q${off} to quit the phonebook. 

alldone2 

read choice 

cat<<alldone3 

${bell} 
You have chosen $choice. 

alldone3 

if [ "$choice" = "a" ] || [ "$choice" = "A" ] 
then 
       echo "Add" 
       add 

elif [ "$choice" = "c" ] || [ "$choice" = "C" ] 
then 
       echo "Change" 

elif [ "$choice" = "d" ] || [ "$choice" = "D" ] 
then 
       echo "Display" 

elif [ "$choice" = "r" ] || [ "$choice" = "R" ] 
then 
       echo "Remove" 

elif [ "$choice" = "q" ] || [ "$choice" = "Q" ] 
then 
       echo "Quit" 

fi 

############################################################# 
# add (draft) file 

clear=`tput clear` 
bold=`tput bold` 
bell=`tput bel` 
off=`tput sgr0` 

export clear bold bell off 

cat<<alldone1 

${clear} 
${bell} 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
           ADD PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 


${bell} 
Enter the person's name: 

alldone1 

read name 

cat<<alldone2 

${bell} 
Enter the person's address: 
(Street address or mailing address) 

alldone2 

read address 

cat<<alldone3 

${bell} 
Enter the person's city: 

alldone3 

read city 

cat<<alldone4 

${bell} 
Enter the person's state: 

alldone4 

read state 

cat<<alldone5 

${bell} 
Enter the person's zip code: 
(Five or nine digits) 

alldone5 

read zipCode 

cat<<alldone6 

${bell} 
Enter the person's phone number: 
(Please include the area code) 

alldone6 

read phoneNumber 

cat<<alldone7 

${bell} 
$name:$address:$city:$state:$zipCode:$phoneNumber >> phonebook 

############################################################## 
# phonebook file 

clear=`tput clear` 
bold=`tput bold` 
bell=`tput bel` 
off=`tput sgr0` 

export clear bold bell off 

cat<<alldone1 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
        PHONEBOOK PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 

The format for phonebook entries is: 
name:address:city:state:zipCode:phoneNumber 

alldone1 

################################################################ 
# display file 

clear=`tput clear` 
bold=`tput bold` 
bell=`tput bel` 
off=`tput sgr0` 

export clear bold bell off 

cat<<alldone1 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
         DISPLAY PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 

alldone1 

cat<<alldone2 

${bell} 
${bold} 
Please enter your search keyword(s): 
${off} 

alldone2 

read keywords 

${bell} 
grep -i $keywords phonebook

 

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