Shell Programming and Scripting

echo
echo "Which item?"
echo "1) choice 1"
echo "2) choice 2"
echo "3) choice 3"
echo
echo "Enter Choice:"
read -e INPUT
echo
while [ $INPUT != 1 ] && [ $INPUT != 2 ] && [ $INPUT != 3 ] && [ $COUNTER -lt 5 ] || [ -z $INPUT ]; do
        clear
        echo
        echo "You did not enter an appropriate choice.  Please enter 1, 2, or 3."
        echo "1) choice 1"
        echo "2) choice 2"
        echo "3) choice 3"
        echo
        echo "Enter Choice:"
        read -e INPUT
        echo
        let COUNTER++
        echo "Counter =$COUNTER"
done
# PROVIDER VARIABLES
case $INPUT in
1)
        PROV_POOL="choice1";;
2)
        PROV_POOL="choice 2";;
3)
        PROV_POOL="choice 3";;
*)
        STATUS=1
esac
if [ $STATUS == 0 ]
then
        echo "You entered a good value"
else
        echo "You have exceeded the error retry count."
fi

COUNTER=0

while  [[ $choice != '1' ]] && [[ $choice != '2' ]] && [[ $choice != '3' ]]; do

if [ -z "${choice}" ];then
        echo "Please specify the option\n"
        #Call the function here to loop it again.
fi