possible to stack case commands ? I get an error, s. comments below

select choice in search delete quit
do

case $choice in
search)

select option in title director year
do

case $option in
title)
.....
break
;;

director)
.....
break
;;

year)
......
break
;;

quit)
exit
;;

esac
done

# program works up to here

# if I choose any of the options below I get an error message "syntax error near unexpected token ')'
'delete)'


delete)
.....
break
;;

quit)
exit
;;

esac
done

Yes, is is possible to nest case statements. You have a syntax error because you have missed the closing ";;" after the first "done".

you mean

quit)
exit
;;

esac
done
;; # here ?!?
# program works up to here

# if I choose any of the options below I get an error message "syntax error near unexpected token ')'
'delete)'


delete)