shell case statement code example
Example 1: bash case statement
case "$1" in
start)
start ;;
stop)
stop ;;
restart)
stop; start ;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
Example 2: bash case statement
case expression in
pattern1 )
statements ;;
pattern2 )
statements ;;
...
esac
Example 3: case shell
talk.sh
echo "Please talk to me ..."
while :
do
read INPUT_STRING
case $INPUT_STRING in
hello)
echo "Hello yourself!"
;;
bye)
echo "See you again!"
break
;;
*)
echo "Sorry, I don't understand"
;;
esac
done
echo
echo "That's all folks!"
Example 4: case statement example shell scripting
#!/bin/sh
echo "Please talk to me ..."
while :
do
read INPUT_STRING
case $INPUT_STRING in
hello)
echo "Hello yourself!"
;;
bye)
echo "See you again!"
break
;;
*)
echo "Sorry, I don't understand"
;;
esac
done
echo
echo "That's all folks!"