Simple bash script

[stokes]

Hi All

I'm trying to make a very simple menu in bash for launching apps, and to allow me to view log files. The idea is so I won't have to remember the locations of all the logs, I can just load the script and then just pick them from the menu. This is what I got so far, but the 'viewlogs' option does nothing. Any ideas why the 'more' command wouldn't do anything here?

#! /bin/sh

viewlog() {
/bin/more /home/vpopmail/qtrap/logs/qtrap.log
pause
f_menu
}

queuel() {
queue -l
}

spamconfig() {
pico /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
}

f_menu() {
tput clear

cat << EOF

QMail Admin Menu

 1&#41; View QTrap Log
 2&#41; View QMail Queue
 3&#41; Edit SpamAssassin config
 Q&#41; Quit

EOF

echo -n "Prompt> "

read _my_choice

case "$_my_choice" in
 1&#41; viewlog ;;
 2&#41; queuel ;;
 3&#41; spamconfig ;;
 Q|q&#41; exit ;;
esac
&#125;

f_menu

I will add a lot more to this once I've mastered the basic syntax.

[dylunio]

Looking at the script and trying it myself, the only thing that I could do to replicate your problem was to have the wrong path for the logfile. So check this. Also you might want to use less rather than more, since less let's you scroll up and down the output, while more only let's you scroll down.

[a thing]

Two suggestions:
1. Use less instead of more. You can scroll back up in less.
2. Use nano instead of pico. Nano's a clone of pico under the GPL.

[stokes]

Cheers for the tip on using 'less' instead of more.

dylunio: you were on the right lines, the file exists but is completely empty which is why nothing displays.

a thing: where do I get nano? I would really prefer to use vi, but it just behaves too strangly on slackware.

[dylunio]

If you want nano check out it's site http://www.nano-editor.org/, as for vi behaving strangely in Slack, you might have been used to VIM (Vi IMproved), not vi, ofter vi is symlinked to vim on systems that use vim instead of vi. To grab VIM, go to http://www.vim.org/.

[jaboua]

Cheers for the tip on using 'less' instead of more.

dylunio: you were on the right lines, the file exists but is completely empty which is why nothing displays.

a thing: where do I get nano? I would really prefer to use vi, but it just behaves too strangly on slackware.

Check the file /etc/vim/vimrc (or ~user/.vimrc). I belive you can make vim behave "classic vi" or in the new mode like this (token from my /etc/vim/vimrc):

set nocompatible

Try adding that...

About nano, look here:
http://www.nano-editor.org/download.html

[stokes]

If you want nano check out it's site http://www.nano-editor.org/, as for vi behaving strangely in Slack, you might have been used to VIM (Vi IMproved), not vi, ofter vi is symlinked to vim on systems that use vim instead of vi. To grab VIM, go to http://www.vim.org/.

Cool! That's back to the way I'm used to. Nice one!

[dylunio]

Cool! That's back to the way I'm used to. Nice one!

Glad you sorted it

[jaboua]

I thought slack used vim by default? (symlinked vi as you said)