hi all, i'm currently on a unix course and i have been set a task to create a shell script in the korn shell. the program has to: -take a students name -the group they are in (one of A, B , C) -there tutor (one of Mr. White, Mrs. Smith or Mr. Brown) -the date and time they entered the information. i have created a file called info that this will be stored in and i know i have to use the following line at the start of the script: #!/bin/ksh does anyone know how to start this?? any help very much appriciated, Sarah.

echo "Please enter your name" Now you write some

read name sarah ;)

Ok so far we have: #!/bin/ksh echo "Please enter your name" read name Good so far, though I may suggest trying: read name?"Enter Your Name: " Looks a lot nicer as you enter the information after the : You can do this with all the fields. So you write the rest of it, post it here, the we can help out with the storing of said information. =) Good luck!

Whoops, missed the choices =) For that you cant really use the above example I posted. Try echo'ing all the choices then just reading the input.

I GOT THIS SO FAR: WILL IT WORK OR AM I JUST ANOTHER DUMB BLONDE? #!/bin/ksh echo “Please enter your first name – “ read first echo “Please enter your surname – “ read surname echo “Hello $first $surname, please enter your group – “ read group case $group in A | B | C) Echo “Group accepted” ;; *) echo “Error in group data” exit ;; esac echo “Please enter your Tutor’s name – (initial and surname)” read tutor case $tutor in J.Rosbottom | V.Wong | S.Walters) Echo “Tutor confirmed as $tutor” ;; *) echo “Invalid tutor name” exit ;; esac echo “What project activities have you undertaken in the last week? – “ read activities echo “Please enter date of meeting – “ read meeting echo “Please enter time of meeting - ” read time echo “Please enter place of meeting - ” read place echo “Confirmation of meeting on date $meeting at time $time and place $place Y/N ” read ans if [$ans = “N”] then echo “Meeting information incorrect, please re-start” exit else echo “Meeting information confirmed” fi -------------- AND THIS TOOK ME ALL DAY!! ANY CHANGES LET ME KNOW. THANKS SARAH

First and surname are fine. The case statements need a little work though. The format for a case statement is something alone the lines of: echo "A) Choice 1" echo "B) Choice 2" echo "C) Choice 3" read makechoice case $makechoice in a|A) actualchoice="Choice 1" echo "Group Accepted" ;; b|B) actualchoice="Choice 2" echo "Group Accepted" ;; c|C) actualchoice="Choice 3" echo "Group Accepted" ;; *) echo "Invalid choice!" ;; esac So it echoes the choices, then it accepts only a/A b/B c/C as a choice. I then takes that information (case $option in) and determines what to do with it a) echo "xyz" ;; I whipped up a quick script that is a bit advanced but really uses just basic scripting ideas. If you have any questions regarding it, please feel free to e-mail me at the above address. There are some comments in there to guide ya along. See the script at: http://lankrypt0.com/testscript.html Now you must promise not to just take this and use it, it is meant as a learning tool only! Seriously.