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what you've said is what i want to do

but using grep

echo "Enter a,: \c"
read answer
echo
case "$answer" in
a|A)
echo "Enter a file :\c"
read $answer
echo " Enter a...

ok see for your self


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Perderabo
Thank for the help works fine !!

just come down a bit with the " rules and regulations"
some people need help out there (don't be like my tutor")

% cat .profile
details ()
{
date
echo My current directory is:
pwd
echo Users currently logged in
who
}...

i have create a function in the .profile To get it work i log out and log in again . The function works fine, typing the name of the function"details" appears information for the system...

no worries now the program works fine!!!

aprecciate your help

Happy New Year:)

% sh mmm
Enter answer
fileX
0000000 146 151 154 145 130 012
0000006
cat: cannot open fileX



jayakhanna this is what comes up if you run the code

echo name the file that you want to read
read answer

if [ $# = 0 ]
then
echo you must enter a file name

fi
cat $answer


im trying to catch the error if user forget to enter the name...

Thanks for your help . I really appreciate your replies:)

echo " a.read a file"
echo " b.create a file"
echo " c.add on existing file"
echo " d. exit"
"; do
echo "Enter a,b,c or d: \c"
read answer
echo
case "$answer" in
a)

read answer
cat...

it gives an error like this
syntax error at line 43: `end of file' unexpected



the above code saws only the end of the script

ive got the case and do in my code

Hello
Any idea where is the error ?
*)
echo " Wrong selection. Try again "
continue
;;
esac
done
echo "Done"

Thanks alot

you Perderabo smart man im asking a question , this in not a coursework is a single facking question .

charliewade thanks for the suggestion

the following unix command
ls | grep'?cw1' | wc -l

converting it to english is it going to be like

list the result of the search '?cw1' in number of lines

is that correct ?