#!/bin/ksh read word?'Enter the words to check> ' echo $word #shows words echo $rword = "echo $word" echo $rword| echo $word | sed "/\n/ !G;s/\(.)\(.*\n\)/&\2\1/;//D;s/.//" if [[ $rword = $word ]] then echo $word - Is a palindrome! else echo $word - Is not a palindrome! fi can't seem to make it work properly either any words entered are all a palindrome or all are not a palindrome

Check the script below: --------------------------- #!/bin/sh l=0 cnt=1 tag=0 echo "Enter a Word?" read str l=`echo $str |wc -c` l=`expr $l - 1` lh=`expr $l / 2` while [ $cnt -le $lh ] do c1=`echo $str|cut -c$cnt` c2=`echo $str|cut -c$l` if [ $c1 != $c2 ] then cnt=$lh tag=1 fi cnt=`expr $cnt + 1` l=`expr $l - 1` done if [ $tag -eq 0 ] then echo "Word is Palindrome" else echo Word is not Palindrome fi