trouble using command substitution in case statement, HELP

[hunternjb]

I have trouble using command substitution with find command options in a case statement. Below I have written a condensed version of an example. The problem part is indicated below between to lines of #. When the script executes it gives me a "find: incomplete statement" error. The problem is statements cat {} \; and rm {} \; inside the case statements but I just don't know how to fix it. I need some help. Here is an example of my problem:

echo "\n\t 1)Search based on filename"
echo "\n\t 2)Search based on user"
echo "Number Choice: \c"
read pchoice

case $pchoice in
1)srch_pri='-name';;
2)srch_pri='-user';;
esac

case $pchoice in
1)"Filename: \c"; read srch_arg;;
2)"User: \c"; read srch_arg;;
esac

echo "Please select number of action"

echo "\t\n 1)Display file contents"
echo "\t\n 2)Remove file"

echo "Choice: \c"
read achoice

case $achoice in
1)act_pri='-exec';;
2)act_pri='ok';;
esac

########################################################
case $achoice in
1)act_arg='cat {} \;';;
2)act_arg='rm {} \;';;
esac
########################################################

path=$HOME

find $path $srch_pri $srch_arg $act_pri $act_arg

 

[MikeLacey]

if you change the last line of your script to:

echo $path $srch_pri $srch_arg $act_pri $act_arg

What does it print?
Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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