Korn Shell Programming by Example

case

Official Description

Executes the list associated with the first pattern that matches the word.

Syntax

case word in [[(] pattern [ | pattern] ...) list ;;] ... esac

Options

None

Oddities

The form of the patterns is the same as that used for filename generation.

Example

$ x=21                       # Set value of x to 21
$
$ case $x in                 # Use case to check various values
> 2 )
> print 2 ;;
> 17 )
> print 17 ;;
> 21 )
> print 21 ;;
> * )
> print huh
> esac
21                           # Correctly finds the 21
$