write a shell script that accepts name from user and
creates a directory by the path name, then creates a text
file in that directory and stores in it, the data accepted
from user till STOP, displays the no. of characters stored
in the file.Program stops if directory name is null
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Answer Posted / geichel
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter directory name:"
read x
[[ ${x:='xX'} == 'xX' ]] && echo "error: No filename" &&
exit 0
mkdir --parents "/tmp/$x" 2> /dev/null
echo -n '' > "/tmp/$x/$x.txt"
echo "Enter text. Type 'STOP' on a line by itself to terminate."
while read y
do
[[ "$y" == "STOP" ]] && break;
echo "$y" >> /tmp/"$x"/$x.txt
done
a=$(wc -c "/tmp/$x/$x.txt" | cut -f1 -d' ')
echo
echo "file: /tmp/$x/$x.txt has $a characters"
exit 0;
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