Shell Programming and Scripting

Then retype them.

And follow the rest of the instructions.

syntax: line [20] "$" not expected.

What part of this did you not understand?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfajohnson

Post only the part of the code that is not working.

If you don't show the code, how can we tell what's wrong with it?

that syntax error means that it will not allow me to change the oldname of the file to the new name. so do you have any suggestions. or any other universal code that would work on my system as well

NO! It means that there is an error in the code. If the code was correct but the system wouldn't allow you to change the name, you wouldn't get a syntax error.

What part of "show the code" do you not understand?

The script you want is very simple and will run on any *nix system, but I'm not going to write it for you.

IM NOT ASKING YOU TO.

HERE IT IS

echo "**************************************"
echo "* Chuck Ingrid *"
echo "* Renaming Files Interactively *"
echo "**************************************"
echo "* 1. Select R or r to rename your file *"
echo "* 2. Select E or e to exit the screen *"
echo "******************************************"
#
echo
echo "0: exit"
echo "R or r: To rename your file
echo "E or e: Exit the screen"
echo "Enter your choice: \c"
read option
case $option in
1) echo "Enter File name to rename: \c"
read response
then
echo "Enter new name: \c"
read response
$oldname changed to $newname <== THIS IS THE LINE THAT ALWAYS RETURNS THE ERROR MAKING THE REST OF THE SCRIPT VOID. SO THAT MEANS I MIGHT START OVER IDK

Isn't that the code you posted at the very beginning? Do you mean to tell me you have read this entire thread and not made a single change? And you are STILL not using [code] tags!

Have you read the line that is causing the problem? What command do you think it is executing?