Unix Shell Script Case Statement
May 15, 2007 by Mark Marucot
The case statement is similar to if .. else if .. else statement which performs specific statement/s if there are three or more conditions.
Syntax:
CODE:
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case word in
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value1) statements
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value2) statements
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…
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*) statements
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esac
Example:
CODE:
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!#/bin/sh
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case $1
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in
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1) echo ‘First Choice’;;
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2) echo ‘Second Choice’;;
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*) echo ‘Other Choice’;;
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esac
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