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From: itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: script question
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.222929.27777@mrspoc.Transact.COM>
Date: 11 Apr 91 22:29:29 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.165501.25434@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1991Apr10.144150.10011@cbfsb.att.com> <1991Apr10.145212.10124@cbfsb.att.com>
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pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel) writes:

>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.

How about if he said ".login" assuming that it must be the C shell?

	/bin/echo "Read news (y/n) [y] \c"
	set reply = `line`
	if ( "$reply" == "y" || "$reply" == "" ) then
		rn...
	endif

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