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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash case error Post 303021165 by Don Cragun on Sunday 5th of August 2018 07:59:45 PM
Old 08-05-2018
If you are only seeing the DEBUG ERROR message box when you run do_about, it means that do_about is exiting with a non-zero exit code. The exit status of a case statement is the exit status of the last command executed in the command list for the matched pattern or zero if no pattern matched.

The text you included in post #3 in this thread (that Neo edited for you to contain CODE tags) did indeed include the shell script pseudo-code which without CODE tags displays as:
...
esac || if debug

print error code

else
just print the original message

With CODE tags that pseudo-code appears as:
Code:
...
esac || if debug 

      print error code 

      else
      just print the original message

Please use CODE tags when displaying sample input, sample output, and code (or pseudo-code) segments.
 

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BASHBUG(1)						      General Commands Manual							BASHBUG(1)

NAME

       bashbug - report a bug in bash

SYNOPSIS

       bashbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]

DESCRIPTION

       bashbug	is  a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports concerning bash in a standard format.	bashbug invokes the editor
       specified by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline. The user must fill  in  the  appropriate
       fields  and  exit  the  editor.	 bashbug  then	mails the completed report to bug-bash@gnu.org, or email-address.  If the report cannot be
       mailed, it is saved in the file dead.bashbug in the invoking user's home directory.

       The bug report format outline consists of several sections.  The first section provides information about the  machine,	operating  system,
       the  bash  version, and the compilation environment.  The second section should be filled in with a description of the bug.  The third sec-
       tion should be a description of how to reproduce the bug.  The optional fourth section is for a proposed fix.  Fixes are encouraged.

ENVIRONMENT

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       EDITOR Specifies the preferred editor. If EDITOR is not set, bashbug defaults to emacs.

       HOME   Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail fails.

       TMPDIR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories.

SEE ALSO

       bash(1)

AUTHORS

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