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# 8  
Old 11-25-2014
Code:
# Fill list
LIST=$HOME/*

# Select from list
select THAT in $LIST;do
  echo "$THAT"
  break
done

Its not like an if else statement is any diffrent regarding required modifications upon copy paste to another machine from the description you gave.

Furthermore, please use CODE tags around code examples, thank you.
# 9  
Old 11-25-2014
Quote:
: : bad substitution
What's your shell?
Is it possible that your shell is *not* bash ? Or rather old bash?
It works for me in bash, but dash will complain about bad substitution.
# 10  
Old 11-25-2014
Hi Rudic,

i tried with below set of combinations:
Code:
if [ "${option^^}" = "ALL" ]
if [ "${option^}" = "ALL" ]
if [ "${option,}" = "ALL" ]
if [ "${option,,}" = "ALL" ]

but didn't help....Again same error
Code:
 ": : bad substitution"

Thank You!

---------- Post updated at 01:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:34 PM ----------

Code:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh

Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-27-2014 at 03:46 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 11  
Old 11-25-2014
in ksh - option will be in LOWER case whatever the input is:
Code:
typeset -l option
....
if [ "${option}" = 'all' ]

Or the poor-man case conversion...
Code:
if [ "$(echo ${option} | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')" = 'all' ]

# 12  
Old 11-25-2014
Hi vgersh99,

the 2nd one worked. Thank you All for your time & response!!!
But when i used 1st option saw below error:
Code:
 typeset: -l: invalid option
typeset: usage: typeset [-afFirtx] [-p] name[=value] ...

Thanks once again.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-27-2014 at 03:47 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 13  
Old 11-25-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Devaraj A
Hi vgersh99,

the 2nd one worked. Thank you All for your time & response!!!
But when i used 1st option saw below error:
typeset: -l: invalid option
typeset: usage: typeset [-afFirtx] [-p] name[=value] ...

Thanks once again.
what shell interpreter are you using for your script?
Does the first line in the script looks similar to:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

the typeset -l is specific to ksh. Make sure you're specifying what shell interpreter outght to be used in the script.
# 14  
Old 11-25-2014
Hi vgersh99,

yes the script starts with
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-25-2014 at 04:27 PM.. Reason: Fix CODE tags.
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