#!/bin/sh
#menu.sh
#set the date ,user and hostname up
MYDATE=date +%d/%m/%y
THIS_HOST=hostname -s
USER=whoami
#loop while
while :
do
#clean the screen
tput clear
#here document starts here
cat <<MAYDAY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
User:$USER Host:$THIS_HOST Date:$MYDATE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: List file in current directory
2: Use the vi editor
3: See who is on the system
H: Help screen
Q: Quit
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAYDAY
# here is end the document
echo -e -n "\t Your Choice[1,2,3,H,Q]>"
read CHOICE
case $CHOICE in
1) ls
;;
2) vi
;;
3) whoami
;;
H|h)
cat <<MAYDAY
This is help screen,but nothing can Help you!
MAYDAY
;;
Q|q) exit 0
;;
*) echo -e "\t\007 Unknow user response"
;;
esac
echo -e -n "\tHit the return key to continue"
read DUMMY
done