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case statement

Hi all,

is it possible to create a 'dynamic' case statement.

ie

select option in `ls`
do
case satement depending on results of the above `ls`
done

I hope I have explained this ok!

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Helen
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You can do (for example)

# !/bin/sh
for option in `ls`
do
case "$option" in
file1) echo "found file1" ;;

*) echo "." ;;
esac
done
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