input to file

[o28]

Good day everyone!

I have a part of a script which asks user to input data in it

#!/bin/bash
rm cell-data
#data to cell-data.txt
echo "Paste data for UPDATE correction:"
echo "enter \"^\" when done"
#getting information for update
while read LINE1
do
echo $LINE1 >> temp
if [ "$LINE1" = "^" ];then
break
fi
done
sed 's/\^//g' temp | sed '/^$/d'  > update-data

sample data

these are for update
77024466663 450
77024466653 350
77024464353 150

and these are for reload
77028476663 250
77028476653 50
77028474353 150

i need to get data for two files
for update
and for reload

how to modify the script to do it????

something like "For update press 1, then enter data and press ^ when done"
than asks again

press
1 for update
2 for reload
0 when done
# for ex 1 is pressed

input for update
press ^ save data and go back to previous menu

77024466663	450
77024466653	350
77024464353	150
^

1 for update
2 for reload
0 when done
# now 2 is pressed

input for update
press ^ save data and go back to previous menu
77028476663	250
77028476653	50
77028474353	150
^


1 for update
2 for reload
0 when done
# now 0 is pressed

and to get two files in the end
update and reload

[atreyu]

you can put the portion of code that gets input into a bash function, then call that function when you need it. just pass the output file to it as an argument. in my example, i pass it as the 2nd argument (the first argument is just a descriptive string).

here's the code:

get_input() {
  mode=$1
  output=$2
  echo "Enter text for \"$mode\":"
  echo "(press Ctrl+D when done)"
  [ -f "$output" ] && rm -f $output
  while read line; do
    echo $line >> $output
  done
  echo "Wrote: $output"
  sleep 1
}

while :; do
 case $foo in
    1)
      get_input Update '/tmp/update.txt'
      unset foo
      ;;
    2)
      get_input Reload '/tmp/reload.txt'
      unset foo
      ;;
    3)
      exit 0
      ;;
    *)
      clear
      echo "Make a selection:

1. Update
2. Reload
3. Exit
"
    read foo
  esac

done

i'm not exactly sure it does what you want, but hopefully it'll get you along some.