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Old 08-23-2010
how to place input from user into a file

as the title, how can i allow a user to key in one's name, birthday and email address and save it into a specific file i have created earlier?

thank you so much for any reply.
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Old 08-23-2010
echo "What is your birthday?"
read birthday
echo $birthday > birthdayfile
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Old 08-23-2010
If you have created a file earlier, your output redirector would be something like
Code:
echo $birthday >> file

A '>' would wipe out an entire file and create it all over again. A '>>' would append to a file. Based on your requirement you could use either.
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Old 08-23-2010
As this question looks suspiciously like homework consider yourself scolded and the thread closed.

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