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Dec 15, 2008

I need to write a script which will get a number from STDIN and then with that number echo a set number of questions (its for a firewall config). Heres what I want the user to receive.

How many ports do you want open? 3

1. specify port: 80
2. specify port: 21
3. specify port: 23

In the background this will echo a command out to a text file which will read as follows:

open port 80
open port 21
open port 23

I've done this before but I've completely forgotten how

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Code:
found=
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Code:
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