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Old 09-09-2004
MySQL not quite sure how to loop this script!

Smilie can anyone tell me how to make this script continue after the *)
I have been reading C and shell scripting and am confused.. I tried to impliment a while (1) and a continue after the *) but I keep getting end of file error..! also there a few different loops that I am not sure which type to use.

# !/bin/sh
# .file_manager

function usage () { echo "choose from named parameters ... txt or Txt, loc or Loc, fle or Fle,fls or Fls,E or e"; echo "capital for text, lowercase for directories
and files"; echo "Exec & EXEC only uppercase..!"; }


usage
read type
case $type in
Txt) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(Txt)" * |less
break;
;;
Loc) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(Loc)" * | less
break;
;;
Fle) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(Fle)" * | less
break;
;;
Fls) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(Fls)" * | less
break;
;;
E) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(E)" * | less
break;
;;
Exec) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(Exec)" * | less
break;
;;
EXEC) ls -ali -R . | grep -nB2 "(EXEC)" * | less
break;
;;
txt) ls -ali -R . | grep -n 'txt' | less
break;
;;
loc) ls -ali -R . | grep -n 'loc' | less
break;
;;
fls) ls -ali -R . | grep -n 'fls' | less
break;
;;
fle) ls -ali -R . | grep -n 'fle' | less
break;
;;
e) ls -ali -R . | grep -n 'E' | less
;;
*)echo "error no such usage choice"
usage
esac
would appreciate..Smilie
thanx moxxx68
# 2  
Old 09-09-2004
There is a "true" command that does nothing except set the exit code. So you could do:

while true ; do
done

to have an infinite loop. The bourne shell also has a ":" command that does nothing. It is built-in to the shell so it is faster that "true" which is external. So a second option is:

while : ; do
done

The syntax looks weird, but this is used a lot in sh scripts.
# 3  
Old 09-09-2004
MySQL char!

Smilie thanx for the input!
will try.................................!
thanx moxxx68
Smilie
# 4  
Old 09-09-2004
Computer It worked!!!

Smilie thanx for the input again! as soon as I made the change it worked.. WoW! Smilie
thanx moxxx68
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