Shell script

[archieoboyle]

Hi,
Anyone have any idea how you could write a shell script that takes a string input from a user, asks for a file name and reports whether that string is present in the file?
Any help on this would be great!

[DeeJay]

It might be cheating, but the command already exists - it is called grep.

[archieoboyle]

Hahaha! thanks for the help, but need a shell script really.

thanks anyway!

[rpdom]

Hahaha! thanks for the help, but need a shell script really.

thanks anyway!

But why can't you use grep in a shell script?

A shell script is just a series of ordinary commands with a few additions after all...

[DeeJay]

Perhaps it is a homework question...

[JCoomber]

I see we've both hit rock bottom Archie, searching the exact question on google the day before its due in.