How to make command line interactive?

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have a file with stats for different month, I use the cat and grep combination to search for different month.

cat <file> | grep "April"
cat <file> | grep "May"
cat <file> | grep "June"
etc.

How do you make this command interactive. So that I can give the values for the search. Thanks for your help.

Example

cat <file> | grep "&input_month"

2

Try this script:

#!/bin/bash
printf "Enter month: "
read month
grep "$month" <file>
3

Do I need write a .sh file and submit?

Anyway I could accomplish this in command prompt...

For example

$cat <file> | grep "&input_month"

>then I input : April

4

On command line:

# read month; grep "$month" <file>
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Also could I read multiple fields say month and file name?

# read month file; grep "$month" "$file"

Thanks

6

You can read multiple fields:

read month file; 
May filename.txt<ENTER>; 
grep "$month" "$file"
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How do I store the following in .profile file, so that I can easily invoke and not type the whole line evertime?

I am only asking as I do this in various directories several times a day.

read month file; grep "$month" "$file"

---------- Post updated 05-04-11 at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous update was 05-03-11 at 03:09 PM ----------

How do I store the following in .profile file, so that I can easily invoke and not type the whole line evertime?

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read month file; grep "$month" "$file"
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I am only asking as I do this in various directories several times a day.

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