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+#!/bin/bash
+# read the name of the user and print hello
+
+echo "Hello! What is your name"
+read name
+echo "Welcome, $name"
+
+# single quotes prevent the expansion of the variable
+echo 'Your name was stored in $name'
+
+# exercise: write a script that asks the user for a 
+# filename and create an empty file named after it
+
+echo "$name, type in a name for a new file"
+read filename
+echo "Thank you. Creating a file named $filename"
+touch $filename.txt
+echo "File $filename created."
+
+echo "$name, what flavor of icecream do you like, chocolate or vanilla?"
+read flavor
+if [ "$flavor" = "chocolate" ]; then
+    echo "Here is a virtual chocolate ice cream cone! <3"
+else
+    echo "Sorry, I don't rock with vanilla. Game Over."
+fi
diff --git a/01-test-file.txt b/01-test-file.txt
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diff --git a/03-happy_COPY.sh b/03-happy_COPY.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "You are happy?"
+read answer
+
+if [ "$answer" = "yes" ]; then
+   echo "Smile :)"
+else
+   echo "Still Smile :)"
+fi
+
+# here are the other string comparison operators
+# != , -n (not an empty string) , -z (an empty string)
+
+# exercise: write a script that prints whether today is
+# the weekend or not
+
+echo "What day is today in the week? (Ex. Monday, Tuesday, etc.)"
+read day
+
+while true; do
+    echo "What day is today in the week? (Ex. Monday, Tuesday, etc.)"
+    read day
+
+    if [ "$day" = "Monday" ]; then
+        echo "Not the weekend yet :("
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Tuesday" ]; then
+        echo "Not the weekend yet :("
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Wednesday" ]; then
+        echo "Not the weekend yet :("
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Thursday" ]; then
+        echo "Not the weekend yet :("
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Friday" ]; then
+        echo "Thank God it's Friday! ^^"
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Saturday" ]; then
+        echo "It's the weekend! Time to relax :)"
+        break
+    elif [ "$day" = "Sunday" ]; then
+        echo "It's the weekend! Time to relax :)"
+        break
+    else
+        echo "You didn't type the day in correctly... Try again :/"
+    fi
+done
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