http://tech-recipes.disqus.com/Cookbook of Tech TutorialsenFri, 26 Nov 2010 08:27:32 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/983/simple-menu-for-user-input/#comment-103454974<p> `newline or ;' is not expected.<br>at the end of file</p>Deepa CaFri, 26 Nov 2010 08:27:32 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/983/simple-menu-for-user-input/#comment-9932718<p>there are sever problems in his, try this, its still not perfect, but it works:<br>#!/bin/bash</p><p>## Clears the screen and builds the user input screen</p><p>function screen() {<br>clear<br>cat &lt;&lt;eof ####################################################################="" ##="" main="" screen="" for="" input="" ##="" ####################################################################="" ##="" ##="" ##="" user="" name:="" [________________________________________]="" ##="" ##="" directory:="" [________________________________________]="" ##="" ##="" group:="" [________________________________________]="" ##="" ##="" ##="" ####################################################################="" ##="" [="" preferences="" ]="" [="" other="" info="" ]="" ##="" ####################################################################="" ##="" [_]="" show="" email?="" [_]="" receive="" news?="" ##="" ##="" [_]="" show="" address?="" [_]="" receive="" rss?="" ##="" ####################################################################="" eof="" }="" ##="" this="" will="" echo="" out="" the="" contents="" of="" the="" helpstring="" variable="" ##="" below="" the="" screen="" function="" showhelp()="" {="" tput="" cup="" 14="" 0="" ##="" clear="" out="" the="" last="" information="" echo="" "="" "="" tput="" cup="" 14="" 0="" echo="" $helpstring="" }="" ##="" display="" the="" screen="" screen="" ##="" set="" up="" the="" help="" information,="" and="" call="" the="" showhelp="" function="" ##="" that="" displays="" it="" helpstring="Enter the user or press ENTER to quit" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 4="" 15="" read="" username="" ##="" if="" they="" don't="" enter="" a="" username,="" quit="" if="" [="" "$username"="" ]="" then="" exit="" fi="" ##="" now="" go="" through="" and="" get="" the="" other="" data="" helpstring="Enter Home Directory" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 5="" 15="" read="" directory="" helpstring="What group does $username belong to?" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 6="" 15="" read="" group="" helpstring="Do you want to show the Email Address to others? [y/n" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 11="" 4="" read="" showemail="" helpstring="Do you want to show your Home Address to others [y/n]" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 12="" 4="" read="" showaddress="" helpstring="Would you like to receive the News Letter?" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 11="" 24="" read="" getnews="" helpstring="Would you like to receive the RSS Feed?" showhelp="" tput="" cup="" 12="" 24="" read="" getrss="" helpstring="Thank you for your input" showhelp="" echo="" ""=""&gt;</p>LukeSMon, 25 May 2009 13:39:34 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/983/simple-menu-for-user-input/#comment-8598027<p>when i just copy paste your script and try to run, i encountered with below error, please suggest what is wrong... and thx for your script...<br>===============<br>ERROR:<br><a href="http://user-input.sh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="user-input.sh">user-input.sh</a>: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'<br><a href="http://user-input.sh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="user-input.sh">user-input.sh</a>: line 7: `cat &lt;'<br>=================</p>SunnyThu, 23 Apr 2009 00:41:52 -0000