Shell Programming and Scripting

 
#!/usr/bin/bash
 
while :
do
clear
echo "
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
E. Exit
 
Please select choice: \c"
read CHOICE
 
case $CHOICE in
1) echo "Item 1";;
2) echo "Item 2";;
[eE]) exit 0;;
*) echo "Bad choice"
sleep 2;;
esac
done

#!/bin/ksh
# or bash
PS3="Your choice (ENTER=menu again, e=end):"
select f in *.sh
do
        [ "$REPLY" = "e" ] && break
        echo "Choice: ($REPLY) $f"
        [ ! -x "$f" ] && echo "not executable" >&2 && continue
        ./$f
        # if like to exit after 1st selection, then add line break
        # break
done