# Script to create simple menus and take action according to that selected # menu item # while : do clear echo "-------------------------------------" echo " Main Menu " echo "-------------------------------------" echo "[1] Show Todays date/time" echo "[2] Show files in current directory" echo "[3] Show calendar" echo "[4] Start editor to write letters" echo "[5] Exit/Stop" echo "=======================" echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1-5]: " read yourch case $yourch in 1) echo "Today is `date` , press a key. . ." ; read ;; 2) echo "Files in `pwd`" ; ls -l ; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; 3) cal ; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; 4) vi ;; 5) exit 0 ;; *) echo "Opps!!! Please select choice 1,2,3,4, or 5"; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; esac done