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Old 01-19-2011
multiple commands
Hi,

I have multiple commands that i need to run daily on my Solaris servers and watch the output, and actually i do it as multi-tasking. I do not want to put all of them in the file, and run it, and get the entire output at one time.

What i want is that it should ask for before it runs next command.

What is the best way to accomplish it. Could some help me on this?

Thanks, John,
# 2  
Old 01-19-2011
prompt for input
See this example on prompting for input
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...-one-line.html
# 3  
Old 01-19-2011
Thanks for prompt response. I know how to read an input, my question is how to prompt next command to run.
# 4  
Old 01-19-2011
You mean like the pause command in windows batch files?

Check Howto add pause prompt in a shell script ( bash pause command )
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Old 01-19-2011
Feel free to replace the echo $LINENO by your task1 task2 task3 ...

Code:
 # cat -n mtst
     1  ask(){
     2       echo "Do you want to continue y/[n]?"
     3       read a
     4       case $a in
     5            Y|y|yes|YES) RC=0 ;;
     6            *) RC=1 ;;
     7       esac
     8       return ${RC}
     9  }
    10
    11  echo $LINENO
    12  ask || exit $?
    13  echo $LINENO
    14  ask || exit $?
    15  echo $LINENO
    16  ask || exit $?
    17  echo $LINENO
    18  ask || exit $?
    19  echo $LINENO
    20  exit $?
# ksh mtst
11
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
y
13
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
y
15
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
n
#

Last edited by ctsgnb; 01-19-2011 at 11:34 AM.. Reason: indentation
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# 6  
Old 01-19-2011
Yes, this is what i wanted.
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