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here is my menu script i wrote awhile back. i know its pretty boring but im bored and thought i should post something in here finally :)

menu

#bin/sh

cd

clear

menu.awk

while :

do

    read INPUT_STRING

    case $INPUT_STRING in

    1)

        echo "Enter the name or ip of computer you want to connect to."

        read ssh_string

        echo "Enter your user name for this machine."

        read user_string

        ssh -l $user_string $ssh_string

        clear

        menu.awk

        ;;

    2)

        clear

        mc

        clear

        menu.awk

        ;;



    3)

        clear

        echo "Option 3 is Unused"; echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    4)

        echo "Enter File to change permissions of."

        read file_perm

        echo "Enter permissions you want to use, using the number system."

        read perm

        chmod $perm $file_perm

        clear

        echo "File permissions have been changed."; echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    5)

        echo "Enter Directory to change permisions of."

        read dir_perm

        echo "Enter permissions you want to use, using the number system."

        read perm2

        chmod -R $perm2 $dir_perm

        clear

        echo "Directory permissions have been changed."; echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    6)

        clear

        ls -la | less

        echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    7)

        echo "Enter the Directory you want to move to."

        read dir

        cd $dir

        clear

        menu.awk

        ;;

    8)

        clear

        echo "Enter File you want to edit"

        read file

        vim $file

        clear

        menu.awk

        ;;

    9)

        clear

        echo "Option 9 is Unused"; echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    10)

        clear

        echo "Option 10 is Unused"; echo

        menu.awk

        ;;

    clear)

        clear

        menu.awk

        ;;

    //)

        echo "Exiting!"

        break

        ;;

    *)

        echo "Sorry, I don't understand"

        ;;

esac

done

menu.awk

awk 'BEGIN { menu="************** MENU ****************\n"

    menu=menu "* 1) SSH To Remote Computer    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 2) Midnight Commander      *\n"

    menu=menu "*   (Command line file manager) *\n"

    menu=menu "* 3)                *\n"

    menu=menu "* 4) Change File Permissions   *\n"

    menu=menu "* 5) Change Dir Permissions    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 6) List Files in Directory   *\n"

    menu=menu "* 7) Change Directory       *\n"

    menu=menu "* 8) Edit File in Direcotry    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 9)                *\n"

    menu=menu "* 10)               *\n"

    menu=menu "*                 *\n"

    menu=menu "* clear) Clear Screen       *\n"

    menu=menu "* //) Quit to Prompt        *\n"

    menu=menu "************************************\n"

    menu=menu "\n"

    menu=menu "Enter Your Selection: "

    print menu }'

if you put both of these files in your /usr/bin/ dir you can just run the thing by typing menu anywhere you are :)

Now there's an idea... if anyone wants my JavaScript/PHP/XML menu generator, let me know. Nice code, K.

create a thread and post it ;)

This menu system could be used when you dont want to give a user full access to the computer and only want to give them a few commands. you could set it up for when ever they ssh into the machine the menu automaticly runs and then with they exit the menu it could log out of the computer for them and then the only access they get is what you give them on the menu :)

Sounds like a really good idea to me.

Looks pretty good man, I'm going to put it on my Fedora Core 3, Gentoo, Ubuntu, and Solaris 10 boxes to test it out for ya... maybe add a bit to it too.

Feelings are hurt cuz you don't have a "Compile C program" option... lol

i couldnt think of anymore options to put into it but thats a good one. if you modify it let me know i would like to see what other options would be good to add to it :)

just figured this out if you add this to the users .profile file then it will run automaticly when they login via ssh :)

ok i have added a compile c++ and c options and even a run a.out cause thats what the code compiles to on my computer when i dont get a specific name

menu

#bin/sh

cd

clear

/home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

while :

do

    read INPUT_STRING

    case $INPUT_STRING in

    1)

        echo "Enter the name or ip of computer you want to connect to."

        read ssh_string

        echo "Enter your user name for this machine."

        read user_string

        ssh -l $user_string $ssh_string

        clear

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    2)

        clear

        mc

        clear

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;



    3)

        clear

        echo "Option 3 is Unused"; echo

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    4)

        echo "Enter File to change permissions of."

        read file_perm

        echo "Enter permissions you want to use, using the number system."

        read perm

        chmod $perm $file_perm

        clear

        echo "File permissions have been changed."; echo

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    5)

        echo "Enter Directory to change permisions of."

        read dir_perm

        echo "Enter permissions you want to use, using the number system."

        read perm2

        chmod -R $perm2 $dir_perm

        clear

        echo "Directory permissions have been changed."; echo

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    6)

        clear

        ls -la | less

        echo

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    7)

        echo "Enter the Directory you want to move to."

        read dir

        cd $dir

        clear

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    8)

        clear

        echo "Enter File you want to edit"

        read file

        vim $file

        clear

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    9)

        clear

        echo "Enter C++ Program to compile."

        read file

        g++ $file

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    10)

        clear

        echo "Enter C Program to compile."

        read file

        gcc $file

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    11)

        clear

        a.out

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    clear)

        clear

        /home/big_k/menu/menu.awk

        ;;

    //)

        echo "Exiting!"

        break

        ;;

    *)

        echo "Sorry, I don't understand"

        ;;

esac

done

menu.awk

awk 'BEGIN { menu="************** MENU ****************\n"

    menu=menu "* 1) SSH To Remote Computer    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 2) Midnight Commander      *\n"

    menu=menu "*   (Command line file manager) *\n"

    menu=menu "* 3) Still Not Used        *\n"

    menu=menu "* 4) Change File Permissions   *\n"

    menu=menu "* 5) Change Dir Permissions    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 6) List Files in Directory   *\n"

    menu=menu "* 7) Change Directory       *\n"

    menu=menu "* 8) Edit File in Direcotry    *\n"

    menu=menu "* 9) Compile C++ Program     *\n"

    menu=menu "* 10) Compile C Program      *\n"

    menu=menu "* 11) Run a.out          *\n"

    menu=menu "*                 *\n"

    menu=menu "* clear) Clear Screen       *\n"

    menu=menu "* //) Quit to Prompt        *\n"

    menu=menu "************************************\n"

    menu=menu "\n"

    menu=menu "Enter Your Selection: "

    print menu }'

Just added a few changes to the compile options to where you can put in a name for the binary that was created.

Changed the run a.out option to Run Program... so you can run any program you want (that you have perms to run).

Also, removed the cd command from the top of menu.sh to make the menu work with the current directory or directory specified instead of defaulting to home directory.

These are minor, trivial changes... that I needed for my "instance" of Big K's menu script.

Good work man!

menu.sh
-----------

    9)

        clear

        echo "Enter C++ Program to compile."

        read file

    echo "Enter program name: "

    read pname

        g++ $file -o $pname

        menu.awk

       ;;

    10)

        clear

        echo "Enter C Program to compile."

        read file

    echo "Enter program name: "

    read pname

        gcc $file -o $pname

        menu.awk

       ;;

    11)

        clear

    echo "Enter program to run:"

    read pname

        $pname 

        menu.awk

       ;;

menu.awk
-------------



 menu=menu "* 11) Run Program         *\n"