Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, im taking a class of Unix and i dont really know much about it, im trying to create a list of menu a user would select from and im very lost. Basically it will have 5 options, the user will chose from:
1. list files in the pwd
2. display date and time
3. is the file file or directory
4. create a backup
5. exit

I have no idea how to do options 3 and 4, i think i did right options 1.2.5. When I try to run the file (it has the x permission now) i am getting a command not found. Any idea how to finish it? Thanks !!

This is what i have right now:


#!bin/csh
# This menu will allow user to select from a menu of options, and then perform the
# selected command. User can use options until he chooses to exit
while :
do
clear
echo ***** Select from menu *****
echo "[1] List all files in the current directory"
echo "[2] Display today's date and time"
echo "[3] Display whether a file is just a file, or if it is a directory"
echo "[4] Create a back up file"
echo "[5] Exit the menu"
echo -n "Select your choice {1-5}:"
read yourch
case $yourch in
1) echo "These are your files: "; ls -l; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
2) echo "Today is 'date', time is 'time'; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
5) exit 0 ;;
"menunix" 21 lines, 652 characters

try reading man page of test command for your 3rd option
you can use cp or mv to create backup of file

Thanks ! I tried to something but it's still not working, still getting Command not found error:


#!bin/csh
# This menu will allow user to select from a menu of options, and then perform the
# selected command. User can use options until he chooses to exit

while :
do
clear
echo ***** Select from menu *****
echo "[1] List all files in the current directory"
echo "[2] Display today's date and time"
echo "[3] Display whether a file is just a file, or if it is a directory"
echo "[4] Create a back up file"
echo "[5] Exit the menu"
echo -n "Select your choice {1-5}:"
read yourch
case $yourch in
1) echo "These are your files: "; ls -l; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
2) echo "Today is 'date', time is 'time'; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
3) echo "Is the file a file or a directory?"; -a $1; echo "File is a file, not a directory"; read;;
4) echo "Create a backfile"; mv $; echo "Press Enter"; read;;
5) exit 0 ;;

#!bin/csh -> #!/bin/csh ???

After, I don't like csh so ...

The script looks more like ksh than csh. There is very little demand for "csh" nowadays.

The "case" should be terminated with an "esac".

The "command not found" is a problem with bin/csh vs /bin/csh ...
This is the subject, so I just answered on the subject ...