Sorry, I did not include the "in" after $reply and the case statement works. I am still curious about switch.
Sincerely, David Langschied Langschied Consulting Services 25644 Mackinac Roseville, MI 48066 Phone: (586)777-7542 Cell: (248)789-8493 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "dlangschied" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: case? switch? I need to write a script and neither of these options work. > Hi all! > > I am having a bit of difficulty with writing a script. I am on Linux 8.0 > and trying to run a case statement like a would in HP-UX. This is not > working. I looked up the man page on case and it indicated that it was > being obsoleted. The man page suggested that I use switch. When I attempt > to do so, I get a "command not found" error. I am completely lost on what > to do next. > > Here is the gist of my case statement a la HP-UX: > > read reply > case $reply > 1) > Do this > ;; > 2) > Do this > ;; > 3) > Do this > ;; > 'x|X') > Exit > ;; > *) > echo error > ;; > esac > > Please help, I need to be able to read in a value from a menu and run a > corresponding script. > > > Sincerely, > > David Langschied > Langschied Consulting Services > 25644 Mackinac > Roseville, MI 48066 > > Phone: (586)777-7542 > Cell: (248)789-8493 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
