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peterph
peterph
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You can replace your block

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
    do head ${!numb}
    echo "Do you want to delete ${!numb} file?"
    read want
    case $want in
        yes)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        Yes)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        Y)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        y)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        YES)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
    esac
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done

by

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do
    head ${!numb}
    rm -i ${!numb}
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done

You can replace your block

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do head ${!numb}
echo "Do you want to delete ${!numb} file?"
read want
case $want in
yes)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
Yes)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
Y)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
y)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
YES)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
esac
numb=$[$numb-1]
done

by

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do
    head ${!numb}
    rm -i ${!numb}
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done

You can replace your block

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
    do head ${!numb}
    echo "Do you want to delete ${!numb} file?"
    read want
    case $want in
        yes)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        Yes)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        Y)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        y)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
        YES)
            rm ${!numb}
            echo "File is removed"
            sleep 1;;
    esac
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done

by

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do
    head ${!numb}
    rm -i ${!numb}
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done
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unxnut
unxnut
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You can replace your block

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do head ${!numb}
echo "Do you want to delete ${!numb} file?"
read want
case $want in
yes)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
Yes)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
Y)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
y)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
YES)
rm ${!numb}
echo "File is removed"
sleep 1;;
esac
numb=$[$numb-1]
done

by

while [ $numb -gt 0 ]
do
    head ${!numb}
    rm -i ${!numb}
    numb=$[$numb-1]
done