[surfnschultz]

I am trying to check keyboard input of the value y

echo " Please enter 1 or 2 to proceed /c"
read dec
if ($dec == y) then
if ($dec ~ y) then
if ($dec -eq y) then

I tried all these different things and all these fail saying the command is not correct. So help me out here How would I check a input of y ???

echo " Please enter 1 or 2 to proceed /c"
read dec
if ($dec -eq 1) then

This above works when I ask for an input of a numeric value like a 1 or 2 but when I substitute the y in the logical function/check it fails. Why???

[tsunam]

this is the perfect time for a case statement

case $pornum in
y)
what you want it to do;;
n)
what you want it to do;;
esac

Note: I haven't tested to see if the case will work but should.

[surfnschultz]

gotta bail out right now, but I'll look at this more in the am. Thanks again Tsunam I really appreciate all your help on this stuff.

[surfnschultz]

Worked like a charm. Once again TSUNAM you are the MAN!!!!!!

THANK YOU so much for all the help you have provider me. I am so stoked to have this community it has been a blessing.

[tsunam]

Glad to be of help. Agree with the community being a blessing, I've learned a good ammount from the people here.