her i am trying to edit a database file which is actually a small file holding my friend's name and birthdays
My Database
DEEPAK 27/08
DEEPIKA 18/02
DHYAN 23/03
DIPANKAR 24/10
SNIGDHO 19/05
AYANNAR 17/12
BHAI 22/09
DEBAN 16/08
JAGADISH 02/06
SUBHOJIT 23/02
TOJO 17/09
SUDHIR 12/09
my Code
echo "Enter the friend whose data u want to change ?"
read FRIEND
while read LINE
do
candidate=$(echo $LINE | cut -d ' ' -f1)
birthday=$(echo $LINE | cut -d ' ' -f2)
#mobileno=$(echo $LINE | cut -d ' ' -f3)
if [ "$candidate" = "$FRIEND" ] ;then
echo "Edit your friend's name"
read NAME
echo "Edit your Friend's B'day"
read BIRTHDAY
echo " $NAME $BIRTHDAY">>database1
else
echo " $candidate $birthday">>database1
fi
done<"$DIR/database"
later i planned to cp or rename file database1 to database
my problem
as i have redirected the std i/p i cannot read NAME && BIRTHDAY ---can any one give me any sollution