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echo "Who are you searching for"

read search

grep $search filename

> cat sample.dat
smith|john|123-45-6789|40|usp123-45-67
jones|mary anne|111-22-1111|18|usp111-23-365
johnson|howard|333-33-3333|70|usp999-89-897

> cat searchdata 
#! /bin/bash

echo "Enter last name"
read lname

echo "Enter first name"
read fname

echo "*****"
echo "searching for "$lname $fname
echo "*****"
matchrec=$(cat sample.dat | grep "^$lname")

if [ -n "$matchrec" ]
   then
   echo "*possible match found..." 
   ln=$(echo "$matchrec" | cut -d"|" -f1)
   fn=$(echo "$matchrec" | cut -d"|" -f2)
   if [ "$fn" = "$fname" ]
      then
      echo "*verified first name"
      ss=$(echo "$matchrec" | cut -d"|" -f3)
      ag=$(echo "$matchrec" | cut -d"|" -f4)
      pa=$(echo "$matchrec" | cut -d"|" -f5)
#display the matching data
      echo " "
      echo "First Name   :"$fn
      echo "Last Name    :"$ln
      echo "Social Sec # :"$ss
      echo "Age of person:"$ag
      echo "Passport id  :"$pa
   fi
fi

> searchdata
Enter last name
smith
Enter first name
john
*****
searching for smith john
*****
*possible match found...
*verified first name
 
First Name   :john
Last Name    :smith
Social Sec # :123-45-6789
Age of person:40
Passport id  :usp123-45-67
>

read choice
case "$choice" in
  "1")
    do something
  ;;
  "2")
    do something
  ;;