Need help writing a small script Options

[tiggertony]

How do you write a basic shell script for the following requirments?

-Ask the user for his or her name
-Greet the user using that name
-Ask the user what to do
-If 'date' or time', print the date and the time.
-Else if 'where", print the name of the machine.
-Else if 'files', print a list of all files in the user's home directory
-Else print the user's search path.

Please help.

[michaelk]

There is a lot of information on the internet about bash programming. Most forums have a standard policy not to expect members to to your homework. We will help if you have a specific question or do not understand a particular command.

tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/