RE: Script question again

2003-04-01 Thread Reaz Baksh
I got a lot of responses that I will experiment with. I tried 'echo -e' and that worked well. Thanks for all the responses Reaz -Original Message- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scrip

Re: Script question again

2003-04-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:40:10AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:58:24AM -0500, Reaz Baksh wrote: > > I saw a script question posted so I hope someone can help me on this > > simple, I believe, question. > > > > I'm writing a script where people have to input a number, is

Re: Script question again

2003-04-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:58:24AM -0500, Reaz Baksh wrote: > Hello > > I saw a script question posted so I hope someone can help me on this > simple, I believe, question. > > I'm writing a script where people have to input a number, is there a way > to keep the curser on the same line as the que

Re: Script question again

2003-04-01 Thread Lukas Ruf
* Reaz Baksh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-01 15:17]: > Hello > > > I'm writing a script where people have to input a number, is there a way > to keep the curser on the same line as the question? > > I tried using '\c' but that doesn't work. > echo -n "your question" Wouldn't this solve the is

Re: Script question again

2003-04-01 Thread Rus Foster
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Reaz Baksh wrote: > Hello > > I saw a script question posted so I hope someone can help me on this > simple, I believe, question. > Hi, How about something like #!/bin/sh read -p "Enter number " Rgds Rus -- www: http://www.65535.net | "More bits for your byte" communi