STDOUT?

[Killer_Penguin]

Ok, so my script needs to run during the boot sequence. I'm assuming now, after failing to get the output, that I have to do something with STDOUT in order to have this displayed to the screen? Care to enlighten a lost soul?

!/bin/bash
#
# Profiler - Choose network profile.
#
# Description: Allows users to choose which network profile they want to load \
#        at boot time..
#
#

## Function to actually set the profile
######################### Gold Version ##################################################
#CONFDIR=/etc
#setprofile ()
#    {
#    rm $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network ; ln -s $CONFDIR/files/sysconfig/network.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network
#    rm $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ; ln -s $CONFDIR/files/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
#    rm $CONFDIR/hosts ; ln -s $CONFDIR/files/hosts.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/hosts
#    rm $CONFDIR/resolv.conf ; ln -s $CONFDIR/files/resolv.conf.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/resolv.conf
#    echo "$PROFILE profile loaded! Continuing to boot..." ; sleep 1 ;
#    }
######################### End Gold Version ###############################################
######################### Test Version (Remove when ready to go gold) ####################
CONFDIR=/etc
setprofile ()
   {
   rm $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network ; ln -s $CONFDIR/profiler/network.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network
   rm $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ; ln -s $CONFDIR/profiler/ifcfg-eth0.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
   rm $CONFDIR/hosts ; ln -s $CONFDIR/profiler/hosts.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/hosts
   rm $CONFDIR/resolv.conf ; ln -s $CONFDIR/profiler/resolv.conf.$PROFILE $CONFDIR/resolv.conf
   echo "$PROFILE profile loaded! Continuing to boot..." ; sleep 1 ;
   }
######################### End test version ##############################################

if [ ! -f /etc/profiler/profiles ]; then
#if [ ! -f /home/poo/profiler/profiles ]; then # for testing, remove when ready to go gold.
   echo "Profile list not found. Please check and reinstall Profiler if necessary" ;
   exit 1
fi

PROFILELIST=/etc/profiler/profiles
#PROFILELIST=/home/poo/profiler/profiles # for testing, remove when ready to go gold.

# Show shoices to the screen
echo ; echo
echo -e "\t\t\tNetwork Profiler"
echo -e "\t\t\tPlease make your choice"
echo ; echo

### Here is where we actually get the choice. There is a bit of sanity check to make sure they enter a correct choice
while [ ! $PROFILE ] ; do
   select selection in `cat $PROFILELIST`; do
          case $selection in
        * ) PROFILE=$selection ; break ;;
          esac
   done
done

### Now we have thier selection, below we do something with it!
case $PROFILE in
 Create ) echo "not done yet";; #call profile creator here, recycle the script. 
    * ) setprofile ;; #call profile set function here.
esac

exit 0

[civ1492]

hmm .. normally echo should work but maybe you are calling the script before the environment variables get set, so you could try /bin/echo instead of just echo. If that isnt working try writing directly to stdout : echo "asdf" > /dev/tty1 .. for example