COMP 141 Number Guessing Game in Bash

Requirements

• We have selected a random number between 1 and 100.
• We’ll prompt you for your guess.
• We'll tell you if your guess was too high or too low.
• See if you can guess it in 10 turns or fewer.

Learning outcomes

• Random number generation in bash
• Checking whether a variable matches a regular expression (regex)
• Arithmetic evaluation and comparisons
• Conditionals (including multiple consecutive checks)
• Loops along with continue and break statements
• exit statement

Possible enhancements

• Playing more than one game at a time
• Keep track of shortest games played so far
• Automated testing