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# 1  
Old 03-26-2014
Case execution problem
hi guys....in my code the echo statements inside case statements are not printing the required display info....pls help me out

Code:
#!/bin/bash
tput clear
tput cup 3 15
tput setaf 3
echo "BACKUP PROJECT"
tput sgr0
tput cup 5 17
tput rev
echo "select option"
tput sgr0
tput cup 7 15
echo "1.auto Backup"

tput cup 8 15
echo "2.manual Backup"

tput bold
tput cup 12 15

read -p "Enter your choice [1-2]:" choice
case $choice in

1) echo "autobackup" ;;
2) _zenity="/usr/bin/zenity"
 SOUR_PATH=$(${_zenity} --title "Enter source path"\
                        --entry --text "Enter the source pathe to backup" )
tput clear
tput setaf 3
tput cup 5 17
tput rev
echo "Select Destination"
tput sgr0
tput cup 7 15
echo "3.local"

tput cup 8 15
echo "4.Remote"

tput bold
tput cup 12 15

read -p "Enter choice:" choic
case $choic in

3) echo "local destinaion";;
4) echo "remote destintion";;
esac
;;
esac

# 2  
Old 03-26-2014
A couple of possible problems here. The last two lines
Code:
;;
esac

... are unnecessary.

The read -p is trying to read from a pipe, not from the screen. If this were ksh I would suggest changing it to say:-
Code:
read choice?"Enter choice:"
case $choice in
   3) echo "local destination"     ;;
   4) echo "remote destination"    ;;
   *) echo "unknown destination"  ;;
esac

... but I'm not sure what bash willl support or if my suggesting is superseded by better bash coding.


I hope that this helps,
Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
# 3  
Old 03-26-2014
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# 4  
Old 03-26-2014
Sorry it did not solve my problem.....and
Code:
read -p

is required to read from tput
# 5  
Old 03-26-2014
What is the issue? Or what is not printed? But the best would be you explain what it should display...
# 6  
Old 03-26-2014
when a choice is provided....the echo statement for that particular choice is not executing.
# 7  
Old 03-26-2014
Funny it seem to work here...
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