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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Something is wrong with this switch( case statement. Post 302469425 by snakemasterAK on Saturday 6th of November 2010 01:56:01 AM
Old 11-06-2010
Question Something is wrong with this switch( case statement.
I started writing a script to save the files from a camera I got the other day, which mounts in /Volumes , and I got into it and started building this menu. The only problem is that the switch case is coming up as a syntax error at the parenthesis after a case. Here is the code:
Code:
while :
 do
    clear
    echo "-----Menu for Camera Save Script-----"
    echo " Main Menu "
    echo "-------------------------------------"
    echo "[1] Save to dir: Todays date/time"
    echo "[2] Save files custom dir: "
    echo "[5] Exit/Stop"
    echo "======================="
    echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1,2,5]: "
    read yourch
    case "$yourch" in
      1)
        mkdir $HOME/Pictures/`date +%d_%m_%H%M`;
        mv /Volumes/SpyCam/_REC/100MEDIA/* $HOME/Pictures/`date +%d_%m_%H%M`;
        ;;
      2)
	echo "Enter Name of New Dir: ";
        read `newdir`;
        mkdir $HOME/Pictures/$newdir;
        mv /Volumes/SpyCam/_REC/100MEDIA/* $HOME/Pictures/$newdir;
        ;;
      5)
        exit 0;
        ;;
      *)
        echo "No try 1, 2 or 5.";
        echo "Press a key. . .";
        read;
        ;;
  esac
done

As you can see, it displays the menu, and once it does that, it waits for two options, one for an auto named directory with the date and time, or one for a custom named directory. It won't work though. it says there is an unexpected parentheses at 1).
Thanks for anyone who tries to figure this out.
oh, also, I am executing within bash.
Last edited by Franklin52; 11-06-2010 at 08:13 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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