Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash
# select menu with array example
# 2014.11.13 by sea
################### 
#
#	Variables
#
	ar_menu=( "Menu entry 1" "Menu entry 2" "Menu entry 3" "Menu entry 4" )
#
#	Display & Action
#
	echo "Please select your action:"
	select menu in Back "${ar_menu[@]}";do
		echo "Selected: $menu"
		case "$menu" in
		Back)			break			;;
		"${ar_menu[0]}")	echo "menu action 1"	;;
		"${ar_menu[1]}")	echo "menu action 2"	;;
		"${ar_menu[2]}")	echo "menu action 3"	;;
		"${ar_menu[3]}")	echo "menu action 4"	;;
		esac
		echo "Press [ENTER] to see the menu:"
	done

#!/bin/bash 
#
#	Variables
#
	ar_menu=( "Match patient" "Sanger analysis" ) 
#
#	Display & Action
#
	echo "Please select your action:"
	select menu in Back "${ar_menu[@]}";do
		echo "Selected: $menu"
		case "$menu" in
		Back)			break					;;
		"${ar_menu[0]}")	echo "Function to look up patient"	;;
		"${ar_menu[1]}")	echo "Do the sanger analyisis"		;;
		*)			echo "Invalid choice!!"			;;
		esac
		printf '%s\n' "-------------------" "Press [ENTER] to see the menu:"
	done

sh 1.sh 
Please select your action:
1) Back
2) Match patient
3) Sanger analysis
#? 2
Selected: Match patient
Function to look up patient
-------------------
Press [ENTER] to see the menu:
#? 3
Selected: Sanger analysis
Do the sanger analyisis
-------------------
Press [ENTER] to see the menu:
#? 4
Selected: 
Invalid choice!!
-------------------
Press [ENTER] to see the menu:
#? 1
Selected: Back