Wow! I have never encountered this before! Yet another reason to avoid csh. You must be using csh or tcsh as your shell. If you would switch to bash, you would not have this problem. But when csh sees an input line like "goto fubar", it will actually skip all further input lines until it encounters a line labeled "fubar". You can supply such an input line the first time. After that, another "goto fubar" sends it back to where it encountered the line labeled "fubar". Nice design...not.
I'm guessing that the "fubar:" line needs to be in the history list in order to loop, but I don't feel like testing that.
Hi,
I'm trying to use the goto in ksh but it does not appear to be a valid command. Is that only valid in csh? Anything similar in ksh that I can use?
Appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks.
geraldine (4 Replies)
Hey Guys.. I just want to know how to use Goto statement in shell scripts.
I know the basic use of statement.
Goto Label
The above statement will search for some label which must be defined in the script itself as:
label:
I tried these combinations but I didn't work out for me and I'm... (7 Replies)
I have a test script for using goto statement but its not working. please help
i tried both in linux and hp-ux it's not working please help
#! /bin/ksh
t=`ps -ef|grep ti.sh|grep -v grep`
if ; then
goto start
else
goto stop
fi
start:
echo "start"
stop:
echo "stop" (5 Replies)
Dear All,
Can any one pls let me the command for how to goback to previous visited directory from the current working directory in SunOS ?
In case of HP-UX; the same can be resolved through "cd -" command.
Thanks in advance!
Prasanth Babu. (6 Replies)
Hello all,
I am in a terminal on Solaris and something weird is happening...
When I am typing I can't see what I am typing, although what I am typing is working. As is if I type the command and hit enter, the command runs.
Anyone have a clue why or how I can make it display my typing?
Is... (2 Replies)
Im trying to do something like this but I cant find any documentation.
read X
if
then goto ThisLine
fi
OTHER CODE
OTHER CODE
Label: ThisLine echo "You entered 1" (5 Replies)
Hi
As a dummy my question is very simple. When typing cw I've read (many times) that a '$' should appear at the end of the word I'm about to change. However, it doesn't, and in my case the word is instantly deleted and so ready to be changed!
Can somebody tell me why this is, or maybe I... (4 Replies)
H,
I
I have this below script for removing the full path from a string which is indeed a filepath location if windows.
It converts input
\abc\asssh\abc
To
abc
But if filename has 0 like:
\abc\abc\00000Hgg
Then its typing
abc00000Hgg
PLEASE note that its solaris.
Script is:
more... (10 Replies)
#!/bin/sh
label:
echo sql poll
v=`sqlplus -s <<!
HR/HR
set pages 0 echo off feed off
select distinct status from
emp
where
id=5;
!
`
echo $v;
echo it comes here after false
if
then
echo if condition true
sqlplus -l scott/tiger <<EOF
select * from department;
EXIT (2 Replies)
Well, guys I saw a question about GOTO for Python.
So this gave me the inspiration to attempt a GOTO function for 'dash', (bash and ksh too).
Machine: MBP OSX 10.14.3, default bash terminal, calling '#!/usr/local/bin/dash'...
This is purely a fun project to see if it is possible in PURE... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT BSD
break
break(1) User Commands break(1)NAME
break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop
SYNOPSIS
sh
break [n]
continue [n]
csh
break
continue
ksh
*break [n]
*continue [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.
csh
The break utility resumes execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.
The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.
ksh
The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified, then break n levels. If n is
greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume at the n-
th enclosed loop. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words that follow a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign, and also that word splitting and file name genera-
tion are not performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), exit(1), ksh(1), sh( 1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 17 Jul 2002 break(1)