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# Use of a case statement to offer a 5 item menu
echo “  Menu\n
1. Copy a file to a designated directory\n
2. Check whether a specified user is logged in\n
3. Display the details of a specified file\n
4. List the contents of a specified directory\n
5. Quit to Unix\nEnter your option #: \c”
read choice
case “$choice” in
1)	cp file $HOME
2)	who | grep 'name'
3)      ls -l file
4)      ls directory
5)      exit ;;
*)	echo “Invalid option”   # ;; not needed for last option
esac

while true
do
...
done

# Use of a case statement to offer a 5 item men
echo “  Menu\n
1. Copy a file to a designated directory\n
2. Check whether a specified user is logged in\n
3. Display the details of a specified file\n
4. List the contents of a specified directory\n
5. Quit to Unix\nEnter your option #: \c”

read choice

case “$choice“ in
while true
do
1)	echo “ Chose a file to be copied to your /etc directory
        read filename
        cp $filename /etc
2)	echo “ Enter the name of a user to check if they are logged in
        read name
        who | grep '$name';;
3)      echo “ Enter the name of a file to check it's details
        read name
        ls -l $name;;
4)      echo “ Enter the name of a directory to list its contents
        read name
        ls $name;;
5)      exit ;;
done
*)	echo “Invalid option”   # ;; not needed for last option
esac

done