Code improvements

ddbank.sh

@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@ ssh_host="knd-db01.kniod.corp"
 # Functions
 new_account() {
     read -p "Enter the name of your account: " user1
+    echo ""
     echo "Your account name will be $user1."
-    read -p "Is that correct? [y/N]  " yn
+    echo ""
+    read -n1 -p "Is that correct? [y/N]  " yn
 
     case $yn in
 
         # If user selects yes. Insert their username and a timestamp into the database.
-        [Yy]* ) ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"insert into account (username,timestamp) values ('$user1','now');\"" 2>/dev/null || echo "Username already taken.";
+        [Yy] ) ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"insert into account (username,timestamp) values ('$user1','now');\"" &>/dev/null || echo "Username already taken.";
         
         # Sets the user's id as the variable.
         user1_id=$(ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"select id from account where username='$user1';\"" | awk 'FNR == 3 {print}')
         
         # Gives the user the starting balance.
-        ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"insert into balance (id,balance) values ('$user1_id',$bal);\"" 
+        ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"insert into balance (id,balance) values ('$user1_id',$bal);\"" &>/dev/null
         
         # Pulls the user's account and ID for awk'ing
         user_account=$(ssh $ssh_user@$ssh_host "psql -U ddbank -d ddbank -c \"select id,username from account;\"" | grep $user1_id) 
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ new_account() {
         ;;
     
         
-        # If user selects no
-        [Nn]* ) echo "Aborted"
+        # If the user selects anything other than [Yy]
+        * ) echo "Aborted"
         ;;
 
     esac
@@ -53,9 +55,8 @@ echo "2) List user accounts."
 echo "3) List user(s) balance."
 echo " "
 read -p "Select from the menu above: " i
-if [ $i == 1 ]
-then
+if [ $i == 1 ]; then {
     new_account
-else
+} else {
     echo "Some other thing..."
-fi
+} fi