please help: how can i write a script Example 1: [min@alpha min]$ ./mt Enter an integer number: 3 You entered 3 The sum of all the integer from 0 to 3 is 6 The integer 3 that you entered is odd Example 2: [min@alpha min]$ ./mt Enter an integer number: 4 You entered 4 The sum of all the integer from 0 to 4 is 10 The integer 4 that you entered is even the : mt script must do 3 things: 1) Display which integer the user has entered. For example, if the user enteres 3 then tm script says "You entered 3" 2) If the user enters an integer. For example, 3 then 1+2+3=6, 4 1+2+3+4=10, or 100 1+2+3+...+100=5050. 3) Finally, tm script will have to identify if the user input integer is odd or even and display accordingly. For example, if the user enteres 3 it should display "The integer 3 that you entered is odd" or if the user enteres 4 it should display "The integer 4 that you entered is odd"

I am wondering why do you need to write this program. Is it the homework ? You'd better do it yourself for your own good. Anyway, the following is a working script: #!/usr/bin/sh echo "Enter an integer number: " read NUM echo "You entered $NUM" INDEX=$NUM TOTAL=0 while [ $INDEX -gt 0 ] do TOTAL=`expr $INDEX + $TOTAL` INDEX=`expr $INDEX - 1` done echo "The sum of all the integer from 0 to $NUM is $TOTAL" if [ `expr $NUM % 2` ]; then echo "The integer $NUM that you entered is odd" else echo "The integer $NUM that you entered is even" fi Luke Chi