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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help understanding syntax error Issue Post 302310688 by giannicello on Sunday 26th of April 2009 11:37:52 AM
Old 04-26-2009
Once you align your code correctly so you will be able to see where each case begins and ends, you will then also see where to correctly terminate your options and case statements.
For example:

Code:
         Q|q)clear
           echo "Are you sure you want to quit? Y/N"
           read choice1
           case $choice1 in
              N|n)clear
                 echo "Hit Enter Key to continue"
                 read junk;;

              Y|y)quit=y;;
              *)clear
                sleep 1;;
           esac
         ;; #This one finishes off quit option.
         esac  # This one end case for registered user options
       ;; # This one end case for main menu #1
      2)clear
        echo "NETWORK CONNECTIVITY"
        echo "1. NIC Status"
        echo "2. Machine Availability
        echo "Which option do you require?"

        read menunumber2
        case $menunumber2 in

          1)clear
            echo "1. NIC Status"
            echo
            awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd
            echo
            echo "Hit the Enter Key to continue"
            read junk;;

          2)clear
            echo "2. Machine Availability"
            echo
            du
            echo
            echo "Hit Enter Key to continue"
            read junk;;

          Q|q)clear
            echo "Are you sure you want to quit? Y/N"
            read choice1
            case $choice1 in
                 N|n)clear
                     echo "Hit Enter Key to continue"
                     read junk;;

                 Y|y)quit=y;;
                 *)clear 
                   sleep 1;;
            esac
            ;; # This one finishes off quit option.
        esac # This one end case for network connectivity options
         ;; # This one end case for main menu #2

        3)echo Option 3 here...
          sleep 2
         ;;
        4)echo Option 4 here...
          sleep 2
         ;;
        5)echo Option 5 here...
          sleep 2
         ;;
        Q|q)echo "Quitting...finally"
          exit 0
          ;;
      esac
done
clear
echo "Thank you for using the Operator Administrative Tool"

 

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