Shell Programming and Scripting

############################################################### INTRODUCTION ###########################################################################

while true; do										# While re-run function at the end of the script is true (e.g. 												# Y/y or N/n). Then do the following
echo temp >tempfile									# Output the text "temp" to the file called tempfile

echo "------------------------------------------------"					#
echo "*****      Welcome to the HITS search      *****"					# Welcome messages to user
echo "------------------------------------------------"					#

echo "This program will allow you to search for hits across all of your .hits files."	# Information about the program, displayed to user
echo "It will output result based on your search criteria"				#

while true; do
{SNIP}
        read CHOSEN_KEY
        case $CHOSEN_KEY in
                [1])    echo " " 
			echo "You Have Selected To Search All Files For Hits"
                        break;;                               # By using break i carry on my script which is what all the rest of the code does.
                [2])    echo " "
			echo "You Have Selected To Access Index Page Information"
                       ###What do i put here to make it go to a new set of funtions###;;

                Q|q)    echo " "
			echo "Goodbye"
                        exit;;
        esac
done

############################################################### SEARCH MONTH ###########################################################################

while true; do										# While month function is true (e.g. Jan, Feb, Mar, etc..) 												# Then do the following
{SNIP}
done											# End function

grep $5 "$MONTH" hits/*.hits > tempfile							# Match the month variable to months in column five in any hits 											# file in the hits directory and output the results to a file 												# called tempfile.

############################################################### SEARCH DATE ############################################################################

while true; do 										# While month function is true (e.g. Entering numbers between   											# 1 & 31). Then do the following.
{SNIP}
done											# End function

grep $4 "$DATE" tempfile > tempmonth							# Match the date variable to dates in column four in the 												# tempfile file that was created after the month function and 												# output the results to a file called tempmonth.

################################################################ SEARCH YEAR ###########################################################################

while true; do										# While month function is true (e.g. 2005, 2006, or 2007..) 												# Then do the following
{SNIP}
done											# End function

grep $8 "$YEAR" tempmonth > HITS							# Match the year variable to years in column eight in the 												# tempmonth file that was created after the date function and 												# output the results to a file called tempmonth.

############################################################## OUTPUT FUNCTION #########################################################################

sleep 2											# Pause for two seconds