multiple commands

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,

I have multiple commands that i need to run daily on my Solaris servers and watch the output, and actually i do it as multi-tasking. I do not want to put all of them in the file, and run it, and get the entire output at one time.

What i want is that it should ask for before it runs next command.

What is the best way to accomplish it. Could some help me on this?

Thanks, John,

2

See this example on prompting for input

3

Thanks for prompt response. I know how to read an input, my question is how to prompt next command to run.

4

You mean like the pause command in windows batch files?

Check Howto add pause prompt in a shell script ( bash pause command )

5

Feel free to replace the echo $LINENO by your task1 task2 task3 ...

 # cat -n mtst
     1  ask(){
     2       echo "Do you want to continue y/[n]?"
     3       read a
     4       case $a in
     5            Y|y|yes|YES) RC=0 ;;
     6            *) RC=1 ;;
     7       esac
     8       return ${RC}
     9  }
    10
    11  echo $LINENO
    12  ask || exit $?
    13  echo $LINENO
    14  ask || exit $?
    15  echo $LINENO
    16  ask || exit $?
    17  echo $LINENO
    18  ask || exit $?
    19  echo $LINENO
    20  exit $?
# ksh mtst
11
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
y
13
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
y
15
Do you want to continue y/[n]?
n
#
6

Yes, this is what i wanted.