https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=298329
Bug ID: 298329
Summary: sh(1) description of case is not up-to-date
Product: Base System
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The SUS allows an optional opening bracket in case statements, such as:
case t in
(t) echo y ;;
(*) echo n ;;
esac
sh itself has supported this for years.
But the sh(1) manual has not caught up.
It gives the syntax for case as:
case word in
pattern) list ;;
...
esac
NetBSD's sh(1) manual page is up-to-date with respect to the leading opening
bracket as well as ;& :
case word in
[(] pattern) [list] ;&
[(] pattern) [list] ;;
...
esac
NetBSD's change was
https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/sh/sh.1#rev1.135 , for reference.
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
