switch is a C shell, and C shell variant (tcsh), control construct. Only
works with C shell/variant or C shell/variant scripts, not Bourne and
family (sh, bash, ksh).
switch ( $reply )
case "1" : do this
breaksw
case "2" : do that
breaksw
case "3" : do something else
breaksw
default : punt
breaksw
endsw
- rick warner
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Steve Buehler wrote:
> I am sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. I thought I was
> reading from the PHP mailing list, not the redhat list.
>
> Steve
>
> At 05:26 PM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >This does not work! I get a syntax error
> >
> >./qadadmin: line 34: syntax error near unexpected token `$reply'
> >./qadadmin: line 34: `switch($reply) {'
> >
> >At least i am not getting "command does not exist".
> >
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >David Langschied
> >Langschied Consulting Services
> >25644 Mackinac
> >Roseville, MI 48066
> >
> >Phone: (586)777-7542
> >Cell: (248)789-8493
> >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Buehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:12 PM
> >Subject: Re: case? switch? I need to write a script and neither of these
> >options work.
> >
> >
> > > switch($reply) {
> > > case "1" :
> > > do this
> > > exit();
> > > break;
> > > case "2" :
> > > do this
> > > exit();
> > > break;
> > > case "3" :
> > > do this
> > > exit();
> > > break;
> > > default :
> > > do this
> > > exit();
> > > break;
> > > }
> > >
> > > At 04:46 PM 6/18/2003 -0400, dlangschied wrote:
> > > >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]
> > > > >
> > > > >
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