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# 1  
Old 08-14-2011
cannot get to read from file and save to file
how can i get this script to read users input from file and save the users input if it is not in the file?
Code:
#!/bin/sh
echo -n "filename:"
read filename
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
  echo -n "Enter filename:"
  read lineoftext
  echo "$lineoftext" >> $filename
done

Last edited by Scott; 08-14-2011 at 09:52 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 08-15-2011
I am not quite sure I understand what you are trying to achieve, but I'm gonna try anyways:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
echo -n "filename:"
read filename
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
  echo -n "Enter filename:"
  read lineoftext
  grep -q "$lineoftext" $filename || echo "$lineoftext" >> $filename #append if not there already
done

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