Shell Programming and Scripting

when the user selects an option ou from the list how is it possible to let the script detect the option and carry out the appropriate action...i noe its suppose to use the for or if loop..but how ??

You'd use a case statement within the loop to execute the options.

hi mark,

to read users input/selection use the read variable_name command. read will cause the shell to wait until the user hit ENTER before going to the next line of command. e.g.

# script begins
echo "1 Singapore"
echo "2 Indonesia"
echo
echo "Which country? \c"
read c_name
# c_name is a variable holding the input value
case $c_name
1) echo "You chose singapore.";;
2) echo "You chose indonesia.";;
*) echo "Invalid selection";;
esac
# script ends

pls do more reading and exercise. i hope your next pose will be a problem in nature instead of just a plain question like this one.

all the best of luck.

MaRk2002,
Please do not post homework questions to the forums... you've been told this before.