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# 1  
Old 08-05-2008
read input file
echo "enter employee #:/c"
read employee

grep -w $employee /tmp/file.txt


when it asked me employee #, i typed employee, worked fine.

when it asked me employee #, i type ENTER, it just sit there.

if someone type in NULL or ENTER key, i want to exit out.
# 2  
Old 08-05-2008
Code:
echo "enter employee #:/c"
read employee
if [[ ! -z $employee ]] ; then
  grep -w $employee /tmp/file.txt
fi

Try that.
# 3  
Old 08-05-2008
that works too.

if [ -z "$employee" ] - works also.

once again, thank you much.
 
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