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Old 11-20-2007
Need a help in Shell

Hi All

i am writing a shell script which would generate some lines based on the user input

/* -----------------sample_ls ----------------- */

insert_job: sample_ls job_type: c
command: ls -l
machine: unixboxa
owner: user123
permission: wx,mx,we,me
description: "runs an ls -l as user123"
job_terminator: 1
alarm_if_fail: 0

user input : jobname (sample_ls)
machine name
owner
description

can anyone help me on this
# 2  
Old 11-20-2007
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Originally Posted by raghav1982
Hi All

i am writing a shell script which would generate some lines based on the user input

/* -----------------sample_ls ----------------- */

insert_job: sample_ls job_type: c
command: ls -l
machine: unixboxa
owner: user123
permission: wx,mx,we,me
description: "runs an ls -l as user123"
job_terminator: 1
alarm_if_fail: 0

user input : jobname (sample_ls)
machine name
owner
description

can anyone help me on this


Just wanted to be clear , just i wanted to enter the input , it would generate these lines
# 3  
Old 11-20-2007
Hi,

Could you be a more specific please?
# 4  
Old 11-20-2007
I think most easiest way is syntax as:

echo "What is insert_job?"
read job
echo "Job type?:"
read type

etc.

Regards
Seba
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