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cristianhernandez
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Linux and Unix

03/15/2013 6:16 PM

this is my script


#!/bin/bash

echo " please type a number for a month" read monthecho " please type a number for a year" if [ "$month" = "1 - 12" ]
then
cal "$month" 2012 sleep 2 echo " thank you, good bye... "else echo " sorry " sleep 2

fi

I want to prevent the error of showing if you typed a a number higher than 12 to say so "Sorry" but if you type a correct month to say " thank you good bye"
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BruceFlorida
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Re: Linux and Unix

03/15/2013 7:08 PM

I don't know the answer without opening up my Bash book but I do have two comments:

1) If this is homework then CR4 is not a homework cheat site. You have done most of your work and are stuck on a very specific question so if this is homework then you are in more of a "gray" area than a "cheat" area. Whenever a question seems like homework many CR4 members are less likely to help.

2) If this is not homework then I suggest using Perl. You already have Perl on your Linux/Unix box. You can do more complex things more easily in Perl. You can also call Perl scripts from cron and most any other area where you would be tempted to use a Bash scrip.

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cristianhernandez
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Re: Linux and Unix

03/15/2013 7:24 PM

I got all my script done but Im just stuck with this problem for over 1 day trying to figured out...
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Oraka
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Re: Linux and Unix

03/16/2013 11:13 PM

If you expect to fix all your bugs in a day you are dreaming. Work on it till you solve it.
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Jens
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Re: Linux and Unix

03/17/2013 1:55 AM

It looks like you joined CR4 at feb 2013,
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Rixter
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Re: Linux and Unix

03/17/2013 8:21 AM

monthecho

You words are run together. I don't know if that's due to cut and paste, but if your script is that way the parser can't understand it.
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