Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/sh

menu_str=`ls -1 file*`

cnt=0
for i in $menu_str
do
menu_item[cnt]=${i}
cnt=$(($cnt+1))
echo $cnt 
echo ${menu_item[*]}
done

#echo $cnt ${menu_item[*]}
i=-1
echo Enter your number of choices
read choice
while [ $i -lt $cnt ]; do
        #echo "$i ${menu_item[$i]}"
        let i++
        if [ $i -eq $choice ]; then
                echo "you have chosen $i ${menu_item[$i]}"
                exit 1
        fi
done

echo "number  of choices <1 - $cnt>"
read $choices

Choice 1. File1111
Choice 2. File2223
Chioce 3. File1233

#!/bin/bash

ARR=( `ls -1 file*` )
Z=1

for ELE in ${ARR[*]}; do
        printf "%-5d%-50s\n" $Z $ELE
        Z=$(($Z+1))
done

echo "--------------------------------"
read INPUT

I=$(($INPUT-1))
echo "You pressed [${INPUT}] for file [${ARR[${I}]}]"

exit 0

$> ll file*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-21 13:23 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-21 13:23 file2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-21 13:23 file3
$> ./mach.ksh
1    file1
2    file2
3    file3
--------------------------------
2
You pressed [2] for file [file2]

#!/bin/ksh

PS3='Enter your number of choices> '

select i in *
do
  echo "you have chosen [${REPLY}] for file [${i}]"
done