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It took me four hours to write this lol, I'm trying to learn and was wondering if this could be improved or cleaned up at all. The idea is the user selects one of the three categories then makes a note on that selection. Then the note is appended and saved to the appropriate list. Thanks in advance!



#!/bin/bash

#get the date
date=$(date +%d-%B-%Y)

#save locations
wsave="$HOME/worknotes.txt"
shsave="$HOME/shoppingnotes.txt"
scsave="$HOME/schoolnotes.txt"


#list
while [ true ]
do
read -p "What is this note for?
Work
School
Shopping
> " topic
case $topic in

"Work" )
read -p "
Note
> " wnote
echo "$date: $wnote" >> "$wsave"
echo "Note saved to $wsave"
break
;;
"Shopping" )
read -p "
Note
> " shnote
echo "$date: $shnote" >> "$shsave"
echo "Note saved to $shsave"
break
;;
"School" )
read -p "
Note
> " scnote
echo "$date: $scnote" >> "$scsave"
echo "Note saved to $scsave"
break
;;
*) echo "Error: Selection was not on list, try again.
"
;;
esac
done









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    Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

    – John1024
    3 hours ago











  • From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

    – Bananguin
    1 hour ago











  • The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

    – Mark Plotnick
    1 hour ago
















0















It took me four hours to write this lol, I'm trying to learn and was wondering if this could be improved or cleaned up at all. The idea is the user selects one of the three categories then makes a note on that selection. Then the note is appended and saved to the appropriate list. Thanks in advance!



#!/bin/bash

#get the date
date=$(date +%d-%B-%Y)

#save locations
wsave="$HOME/worknotes.txt"
shsave="$HOME/shoppingnotes.txt"
scsave="$HOME/schoolnotes.txt"


#list
while [ true ]
do
read -p "What is this note for?
Work
School
Shopping
> " topic
case $topic in

"Work" )
read -p "
Note
> " wnote
echo "$date: $wnote" >> "$wsave"
echo "Note saved to $wsave"
break
;;
"Shopping" )
read -p "
Note
> " shnote
echo "$date: $shnote" >> "$shsave"
echo "Note saved to $shsave"
break
;;
"School" )
read -p "
Note
> " scnote
echo "$date: $scnote" >> "$scsave"
echo "Note saved to $scsave"
break
;;
*) echo "Error: Selection was not on list, try again.
"
;;
esac
done









share|improve this question

















  • 1





    Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

    – John1024
    3 hours ago











  • From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

    – Bananguin
    1 hour ago











  • The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

    – Mark Plotnick
    1 hour ago














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0








It took me four hours to write this lol, I'm trying to learn and was wondering if this could be improved or cleaned up at all. The idea is the user selects one of the three categories then makes a note on that selection. Then the note is appended and saved to the appropriate list. Thanks in advance!



#!/bin/bash

#get the date
date=$(date +%d-%B-%Y)

#save locations
wsave="$HOME/worknotes.txt"
shsave="$HOME/shoppingnotes.txt"
scsave="$HOME/schoolnotes.txt"


#list
while [ true ]
do
read -p "What is this note for?
Work
School
Shopping
> " topic
case $topic in

"Work" )
read -p "
Note
> " wnote
echo "$date: $wnote" >> "$wsave"
echo "Note saved to $wsave"
break
;;
"Shopping" )
read -p "
Note
> " shnote
echo "$date: $shnote" >> "$shsave"
echo "Note saved to $shsave"
break
;;
"School" )
read -p "
Note
> " scnote
echo "$date: $scnote" >> "$scsave"
echo "Note saved to $scsave"
break
;;
*) echo "Error: Selection was not on list, try again.
"
;;
esac
done









share|improve this question














It took me four hours to write this lol, I'm trying to learn and was wondering if this could be improved or cleaned up at all. The idea is the user selects one of the three categories then makes a note on that selection. Then the note is appended and saved to the appropriate list. Thanks in advance!



#!/bin/bash

#get the date
date=$(date +%d-%B-%Y)

#save locations
wsave="$HOME/worknotes.txt"
shsave="$HOME/shoppingnotes.txt"
scsave="$HOME/schoolnotes.txt"


#list
while [ true ]
do
read -p "What is this note for?
Work
School
Shopping
> " topic
case $topic in

"Work" )
read -p "
Note
> " wnote
echo "$date: $wnote" >> "$wsave"
echo "Note saved to $wsave"
break
;;
"Shopping" )
read -p "
Note
> " shnote
echo "$date: $shnote" >> "$shsave"
echo "Note saved to $shsave"
break
;;
"School" )
read -p "
Note
> " scnote
echo "$date: $scnote" >> "$scsave"
echo "Note saved to $scsave"
break
;;
*) echo "Error: Selection was not on list, try again.
"
;;
esac
done






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    Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

    – John1024
    3 hours ago











  • From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

    – Bananguin
    1 hour ago











  • The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

    – Mark Plotnick
    1 hour ago













  • 1





    Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

    – John1024
    3 hours ago











  • From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

    – Bananguin
    1 hour ago











  • The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

    – Mark Plotnick
    1 hour ago








1




1





Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

– John1024
3 hours ago





Requests for improvement of working code usually belong on codereview.stackexchange.com . You might get better suggestions there.

– John1024
3 hours ago













From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

– Bananguin
1 hour ago





From reading the code I'd say the only thing that is actually affected by the user's choice is the filename the note gets appended to. That is one thing. But you have three statements in your case specific code...

– Bananguin
1 hour ago













The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

– Mark Plotnick
1 hour ago






The strings with embedded newlines make it a bit harder to see the flow of the code. Maybe it's just me. It might be better to use ANSI-C strings, such as $'nNoten> '

– Mark Plotnick
1 hour ago











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