10-18-2011
You're doin' great for a scripting newb.
The do ... done are not necessary here.
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Can anyone please tell me why this wont work! Thanks so much!
#!/bin/sh
for file
do
case $file in
*.*.*)
echo Cannot have more than 1 dot
exit
;;
*'**'*)
echo Cannot have more than 1 asterisk
exit
;;
*'*'*|?.)
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Hi
I have the following case statement:
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*_* )
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*^* )
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Hello,
The standard case statement :-
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"IE0263")
commands;;
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commands;;
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"IE0264")
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