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Old 09-19-2012
File Select Menu Script
Hi All,

I need to develop a bash script list “list of files” and able to select if any and set as globe variable in script and use for other function.

I would like to see in menu format.

Example out put
Code:
Below are the listed files for database clone

1. Sys.txt
2. abc.txt
3. Ddd.txt
4. Eee.txt

Select the file to be clone
1. sys.txt

Thanks in advance.

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: Please view this code tag video for how to use code tags when posting code and data. And while you are at it please stop using excessive formatting. I just deleted two thirds of your posting which just consisted of formatting clauses (but none of the required CODE-tags, though).
Last edited by bakunin; 09-20-2012 at 06:45 AM..
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Old 09-19-2012
You could use select for this. Something to start you off:
Code:
PS3='Your Choice? '
select file in Sys.txt abc.txt Ddd.txt Eee.txt
do
 case $REPLY in
    1|2|3|4) echo "That was $file you entered";break;;
    *) echo "What the heck did you enter?"
 esac
done

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