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# 1  
Old 10-13-2008
How to enter month name and display no.
SPls help me. Need a simple shell script. To enter month name and display its no.

eg: If i enter january. Then answer should be 1.
# 2  
Old 10-13-2008
Code:
#!/bin/sh

read A

case $A in
 [Jj]an)           echo "1";;
 [Ff]eb)           echo "2";;
 [Mm]ar)           echo "3";;
 *)                echo "Try again!";;
esac

exit 0

# 3  
Old 10-13-2008
Code:
declare -a months
months=(Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec)
echo ${months[$1]}

Code:
# ./months.sh 3
Mar
#

EDIT: my bad I read it backwards.. DUH!
Last edited by Ikon; 10-13-2008 at 11:57 AM..
# 4  
Old 10-13-2008
And also one more simple one. Generate odd nos from 50 to 1.
# 5  
Old 10-13-2008
Data
hi iam not able to use declare command on my HP-UX server...

$ declare -a months
sh: declare: not found.

is there any restriction to this command .. like OS..
# 6  
Old 10-13-2008
On HP-UX:
Code:
set -A months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

# 7  
Old 10-14-2008
If ur input is irrespective of case sensitive, ie. the user may enter lower or capital letters means, then use typeset -u <parameter>. It will convert the input variable to the upper case.
 
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