case, menus, and passing strange var's

[jwmw1023]

how would i have a menu system w/ case, and pass a variable through input, like having a delete listing like

case "$var" in
"$D" )
rm whatever
;;
where they would just type d (whatever) to use rm (whatever)
the reason i am asking is i just created a huge menu system for my vscanner (with you guy's help) but i still need my find and remove command to be able to be passed variables and still go back to the main screen. can i make it ask for them, like call "D" and have it ask "what file?" and remove it and then return to menu?

[Freston]

echo "To remove filename press D"
case $var in
D)
echo -n "File to delete? "
read FILENAME
rm $FILENAME
;;


Remember to set a path though, or else it will look in the current directory. Not so nice if it's running in /bin

[jwmw1023]

it is a seek and destroy command. will this work?

echo "To remove filename press D"
case $var in
D)
echo -n "File to delete? "
read FILENAME
find / -iname $filename -exec rm -rv {} \;
;;

[Freston]

For a more efficient deletion I recommend this as last line:

rm `find / -name $FILENAME`

Happy hunting

[cfajohnson]

how would i have a menu system w/ case, and pass a variable through input, like having a delete listing like

case "$var" in
"$D" )
rm whatever
;;
where they would just type d (whatever) to use rm (whatever)
the reason i am asking is i just created a huge menu system for my vscanner (with you guy's help) but i still need my find and remove command to be able to be passed variables and still go back to the main screen. can i make it ask for them, like call "D" and have it ask "what file?" and remove it and then return to menu?

If you are using bash:

# print menu here

read -n1 -p "d|q: " var
case $var in
     d) rm whatever ;;
     q) exit ;;
exit

Or do you want:

# print menu here

read -p ":: " var
case $var in
     d*) [ -f "${var#* }" ] &&  rm "${var#* }" ;;
     q) exit ;;
exit

[jwmw1023]

thanks guys that works great