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Old 05-14-2012
So, I tried to make an a game, could you help ? (BASH)
Code:
echo Give a word
read word
echo Give a letter
read letter
if [ `echo $word | grep "$letter"` ] then
  echo The letter is on the word
else
    echo Now you missed
    echo -en "\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n"
fi lol="$lol,$letter"
guess=`echo -n $word | tr -c "[$lol]" "-"`
echo $guess

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-14-2012 at 03:53 AM.. Reason: code tags + indenting
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Old 05-14-2012
Code:
printf "Give a word   : "
read word
printf "Give a letter : "
read letter
letter="$(echo $letter | cut -c 1)"
if [ -n "$letter" -a -n "$(echo $word | grep "$letter")" ] ; then
  echo The letter \"$letter\" is on the word
else
    echo Now you missed
    echo -en "\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n\t\t\t||\n"
fi
lol="$lol,$letter"
guess=`echo -n $word | tr -c "[$lol]" "-"`
echo $guess

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