Quick, easy, shell-scripting questions

[Guest_imported]

Hi All,

Here's a quick question for you from a lowly DBA who knows very little about shell scripting!

I've got a script that accepts a filename, then does various things to the files. I just want to add a bit in the front where it will read in a Y or N from the operator. If they type in Y it should just carry on with the script, if it's an N then it should simply exit.

Any suggestions on syntax I can use to achieve this?

Thanks,

Simon

 

[samy2002]

try something like this

echo " 1. continue"
echo " 2. exit"
read choice
if [ $choice -eq 1 ]
then
<routine>
else
<routine>
fi

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks a bunch, that solved it!