Having a hard time with this. Very new to scripting and linux. Spent all sunday trying to do this. Appreciate some help and maybe help breaking down what the syntax does.
Create a Bash program. It should have the following properties
• Creates a secret number between 1 and 100
i. The program should automatically assign a different number each time you run the script
• Asks the user to provide a guess for the secret number
i. The program should keep asking until the user guesses the number correctly
• If the guessed number is higher than the secret number, print “Lower” to the screen
• If the guessed number is lower than the secret number, print “Higher”
• If the guessed number matches the secret number, print “Correct”, and end the program
output looks like,
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