Bash Script Operators

[SirJoeh]

Hi.

I want to add an operator to a bash script.

I know how to write the script for it, but I just don't know how to add the -a part into it.

this is what I have so far.
but I want to be able to type trash -a instead of just trash!

#!/bin/sh

read -p "Are you sure you want to remove all files (y/n)? " # asks user to accept [y] or deny [n] deleting all files from dustbin

if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ] # makes an if statment, if statment is true
then
mv ~/scripts/dustbin/* ~/scripts/trashCan # do this [true]
else
[ "$REPLY" == "n" ] # if statement is false
exit # do this [false]
fi

echo "All files have been deleted!"

can anyone help me out please?

Joeh.

[hazel]

Presumably you want trash -a to do something different from trash.

Arguments to bash scripts are assigned to $1, $2 and so on. So for trash -a, $1 will have the value "-a". For trash it will be a zero length string. You could test for a non-zero argument by using

[ -n $1 ] && (do something different)

[SirJoeh]

Hey, that was great, thanks

New problem:
I am trying to move files from one Directory to another that the user types in their self.

I know how to use the read command, just not how to get that as the directory.

Any help appreciated

Thanks,
Joeh

[egan]

Hey, that was great, thanks

New problem:
I am trying to move files from one Directory to another that the user types in their self.

I know how to use the read command, just not how to get that as the directory.

Any help appreciated

Thanks,
Joeh

Well if the user types the directory in correctly, and that input is read in to $REPLY, then you can do:

mv $FILE $REPLY

where $FILE is the file being moved.

[SirJoeh]

Thanks a lot! That helped loads!!!