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From: pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: script question
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.145212.10124@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 10 Apr 91 14:52:12 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.144150.10011@cbfsb.att.com> pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel) writes:
>In article <1991Apr3.165501.25434@rodan.acs.syr.edu> ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) writes:
>>I have a simple script question I can't seem to get answered here. I would
>>like my .login file to ask me if I want to read news, something to the effect
>>of:
>>                          Read new (y/n)?
>>			  if "y" then rn -s15
>>			  else [prompt]
>
>How about:
>
>			echo "Read news[CR=y/n]? \c"
>			read ans
>			if [ "$ans" = "" ]
>				then
>					news
>				else
>					:
>			fi
>			

Sorry, it could have been

			echo "Read news[CR=yes/n] \c"
			read ans
			if [ ! "$ans" ]

				etc,etc.
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