#!/bin/bash #echo "Hello, Dan" filename="$1" #echo $filename #line="head -n 0 $filename" #echo $line returned="" while VAR= read -r -n1 char $line do # what am i doingf X=$char if [ "$X" == "a" ] || [ "$X" == "0" ] then returned="$returned""0" fi if [ "$X" == "b" ] || [ "$X" == "1" ] then returned="$returned""1" fi if [ "$X" == "c" ] || [ "$X" == "2" ] then returned="$returned""2" fi if [ "$X" == "d" ] || [ "$X" == "3" ] then returned="$returned""3" fi if [ "$X" == "e" ] || [ "$X" == "4" ] then returned="$returned""4" fi if [ "$X" == "f" ] || [ "$X" == "5" ] then returned="$returned""5" fi if [ "$X" == "g" ] || [ "$X" == "6" ] then returned="$returned""6" fi if [ "$X" == "h" ] || [ "$X" == "7" ] then returned="$returned""7" fi if [ "$X" == "i" ] || [ "$X" == "8" ] then returned="$returned""8" fi if [ "$X" == "j" ] || [ "$X" == "9" ] then returned="$returned""9" fi #is end of line? if [ "$X" == "" ] then if [ "$returned" != "" ] then echo $returned returned="" else echo NONE fi fi done < $1