Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Friends,
I need a simple shell script(Linux..bash shell) for the below description. Can anyone help me please. I need it very urgently. That is why
i cannot write it myself.

Objective
Create shell scripts using:
· Simple interactive menus
· Variables, functions
Description
Create a shell script, phone.sh, which maintains a phone book.
Detailed Specifications
The phone book is to be maintained as a single text file, phone.txt.·
phone.txt will be in the same directory as phone.sh.
Each line in the file will correspond with one item in the phone book.
The line will be tab delimited fields in the following format:·
Name PhoneNum Company City

Standard Usage Menu driven: the main menu has the following functions:·
Add item·
Delete item·
Search item (by name)·
List all items

Other features ·
Phone.sh may be run from any directory.
The directory name of phone.txt can not be hard coded.
Use basename/dirname command on $0 to find directory names.·Name and phone# are mandatory.
Use reusable functions for prompting and reading fields. ReadField(label, mandatoryFlag)

This site frowns on posting homework assignments which this looks alot like a homework assignment.

I doubt anyone would just "give" you a script. They might give you some guidance. But you will have to write it for the most part yourself.

I know this sounds harsh, but you wont' learn if you don't do it yoruself. I know that I had to learn slowly at first and had some late nights doing trial and error on my homework scritps.

Look at the FAQ section for some help.

You can go to www.perl.com or http://www.whereisit.com/shellscript/index2.html
http://oase-shareware.org/shell/

A very good Perl tutorial here.
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/

Hi,
Thanks for the reference sites. It's was not a Homework, but a small test(open book) wherein i needed to submit this code immediately.I have never worked on unix before.
Thanks and Regards,
Praji

Okay. Sorry for the lecture.

The way that you worded it seemed like it could have been.

Hope you get your script done in time.

Good Luck!

Still was school work..... open book tests are the same as homework. Good call Kelam_Magnus, keep up the good work!