Shell Programming and Scripting

apple:green:5cents:CA
apple:red:4cents:FL
orange:green:6cents:HI

Fruit: apple
Color: green
Price: 5cents
Origin: CA

myfunc() {
     grep -i $fruitname fruitsfile | cut -f0-

if [ $1 == 0 ]
then
     echo "Fruit: -f0\nColor: -f1\nPrice: -f2\nOrigin: -f3"
else
     echo "$1 does not exist."
fi
}

myfunc $fruitname

myfunc() {
     check=$(grep -ci $fruitname fruitsfile)

if [ "$check" != 0 ]
then
     grep -iw $fruitname fruitsfile | awk 'BEGIN { FS="\n"; RS=":";} {print $0}'
else
     echo "$1 does not exist."
fi
}

myfunc $fruitname

apple
green
5cents
CA

Fruit: apple
Color: green
Price: 5cents
Origin: CA

echo 'apple:green:5cents:CA
apple:red:4cents:FL
orange:green:6cents:HI' | awk '
        BEGIN { FS=":" }
        {
                print "Fruit: " $1
                print "Color: " $2
                print "Price: " $3
        }
'

Fruit: apple
Color: green
Price: 5cents
Fruit: apple
Color: red
Price: 4cents
Fruit: orange
Color: green
Price: 6cents

grep apple fruitsfile | awk '{FS=":";print "Fruit: "$1"\nColor: "$2"\nPrice: "$3"\nOrigin: "$4}'