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Old 03-08-2017
For loop in bourne shell is not working
I have a loop with cases
I am working on Bourne shell

Code:
 for file in *.${Today}*.csv *.${Today}*.txt\
 do
  
 case ${file} in
    sun_detail)
        do something
     ;;
    sum)
       do something
    ;;
    mod)
      do something
    ;;
    *)
     do something
    ;;

I have a 50 files, three from them fall in three cases. I thought all others should get to common case *). But the first file got to that case and program exits without errors
Could you please help me with this?


Thanks for contribution
Last edited by digioleg54; 03-08-2017 at 02:58 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-08-2017
what OS and BASH are you using? the syntax varies a little from version to version.
# 3  
Old 03-08-2017
sun_detail looks too specific, sun_detail.csv wouldn't match it for instance. Try *sun_detail*
# 4  
Old 03-08-2017
I'm afraid that code snippet can't possibly run flawlessly:
- the continuation ( \ ) between for ... and do needs to be dropped
- done missing
- esac missing

And, looking at the for construct, file will assume string values like ...csv or ...txt, which will never match sun_detail nor sum nor mod.
# 5  
Old 03-08-2017
It is just an example
Code:
  
 case $file in
      sum_detasils*$Today*.csv

Could you please tell me if continue works in case statement?

---------- Post updated at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:07 PM ----------

Code:
 for file in *.${Today}*.csv *.${Today}*.txt
 do
case $file in
      sum_detasils*$Today*.csv)
             do something
             continue
        ;;
 esac
 done

Continue will work?
# 6  
Old 03-08-2017
Please DON'T double post, seriously!


Quote:
Originally Posted by digioleg54
It is just an example
Please apply some care when posting - people can't tell if what you post is sloppy typing or copying or erroneous coding causing misbehaved programs.

Quote:
Continue will work?
I don't think continue is necessary -
Quote:
If the ;; operator is used, no subsequent matches are attempted after the first pattern match.
Although from man bash, this should be valid for sh, too.


EDIT: Looking at your other thread, I see that your reasoning is a bit different. Another reason for a) no double posting, b) precise and detailed posting.
Last edited by RudiC; 03-08-2017 at 03:29 PM..
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