Homework & Coursework Questions

Hello! I'd like some help with this assignment.

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:

1)Write a shell script that can uses two types of files as inputs, apache.log and apache.error.log
2)Make it so that you can switch between the two file types
3)Make it so that the script writes the output in the terminal, and it is easily readable (use whitespace characters to separate the columns)

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
awk commands


3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
for task 2)

Code:

#!/bin/sh

echo "What type of file's contents would you like for me to print? 1 - apache.log, 2 - apache.error.log"
read NUM

case $NUM in
	1) # Print out apache.log's contents ;;
	2) # Print out apache.error.log's contents ;;
	*) echo "INVALID INPUT!" ;;
esac

I don't know how I could do task 3)

4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary, Smid László, GE-BGI