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Hey guys, this is my first post here!

I have an assignment due on Tuesday and I have to create a command that will make it easier on noobs to change permissions and delete files, etc.

I call this command ft.

I have a problem. I created an option called -n which will change the file's permission and create the file if it doesn't exist. If the file exists he won't be able to change it. That's not important anyway. I am stuck at one part where we have to change the permissions of all the files in the directory if the user doesn't enter a file to create. How do I do this?

here is my code:

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  1. declare option=$1
  2. declare file=$2
  3. declare permission
  4.  
  5. if (( $option == -n ))
  6. then
  7. permission=$2
  8. file=$3
  9. ls | grep -q $file
  10.    if (( $? == 0 ))
  11.    then
  12.       echo File already exists.
  13. permission=$3
  14. file=$2
  15. else
  16.    touch $file
  17.    chmod $permission $file
  18.    echo File created. It is called $file.
  19. permission=$2
  20. file=$3
  21. fi
  22. fi
  23.  
Obviously, my code isn't complete. So if anyone can help me with my problem I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Jun 29 '07 #1
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