I'm setting up a shell script with menues and sub menues, options, etc. But on each menu/submenu/etc, i need a "Go back to main menu" choice.
I've already got the menu set up and it works fine, but i need a way to simply restart the script from scratch, reset all variables etc etc.
Or a way to exit the current script and starting it again.
I've tried to do this:
ScriptLoc=$(readlink -f "$0")
./ScriptLoc
But that starts the "new" script inside the "old" script, so when i exit the "new" script, it goes back to the "old" script (if that makes any sense). It's a script inside a script kind of thing.
Anyone got an idea how to restart it completely?
Best Answer
Yes, do
The
exec
bash builtin command replaces the current program with a new one.