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07.12.2006 at 12:20PM PDT, ID: 21917119
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shell script to loop and ask for a new filename

Asked by urbanweasel in IBM AIX Unix

Tags: shell, loop, script

The script  loops okay and ask for a filename
but I cant get the variable "file' to increment
thanks in advance
Jeff
#! /usr/bin/ksh
while true; do
echo "enter your files "
read file
echo $file
file=file+1
    echo "Would you like to continue? \c"
read ans
case $ans in
    [yY] | [yY][eE][sS])  echo "Fine, then we'll continue."
    #`file=file+1`
    #break
    ;;
    [nN] | [nN][oO]) echo "We shall now stop."
break
   ;;
   *) echo "You must enter a yes or no !"
esac
done
echo "\nWe are now out of the while loop."
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
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Zone: IBM AIX Unix
Tags: shell, loop, script
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