Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/ksh 
while true
do
set 'date'

((profit = 0 ))
export profit

echo "\n
            1)  Setup new POS
        2)  Clear POS 
        3)  Re-set up POS

            16)  Exit

            Enter your selection : \c"
read item junk

case $item in

1)  /u/pnt/need/run1.1;;
2)  echo "choose 2";;
3)  echo " choose 3";;

16) break;;      

*) ((profit = 999));;
esac

done

#!/bin/bash

echo "Run 1"

#!/bin/ksh

while : ; do
    set `date`
    export profit=0

    echo "\n
    1) Setup new POS
    2) Clear POS
    3) Re-set up POS

    16) Exit

    Enter your selection : \c"
    read item

    case $item in
        1) /u/pnt/need/run1.1 ;;
        2) echo "choose 2" ;;
        3) echo " choose 3" ;;

        16) exit ;;

        *) ((profit = 999)) ;;
    esac
done