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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash read input in case statement not working as expected Post 303024331 by MadeInGermany on Saturday 6th of October 2018 06:28:40 AM
Old 10-06-2018
Here you can avoid repeated instructions by putting them between while and do
Code:
while
    defaultans=8hrs
    read -e -i $defaultans -p "${bldwht}How long would you like to grant access to $USERNAME (8hrs,24hrs,48hrs,72hrs,96hrs,1wk,2wk or q)? ${txtrst}" input
    defaultans="${input:-$defaultans}"
    echo "       "
    echo "       "
    echo "$defaultans"
    true
do
    case $defaultans in
    8hrs ) break;;
    24hrs ) break;;
    48hrs ) break;;
    72hrs ) break;;
    96hrs ) break;;
      1wk ) break;;
      2wk ) break;;
    q ) exit;;
    * ) echo "You entered an invalid choice.";;
    esac
done

The last command "true" sets a good exit status (0) so the while loop runs forever, only terminating by the break statements.
 

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break(1T)						       Tcl Built-In Commands							 break(1T)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME
break - Abort looping command SYNOPSIS
break _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This command is typically invoked inside the body of a looping command such as for or foreach or while. It returns a TCL_BREAK code, which causes a break exception to occur. The exception causes the current script to be aborted out to the innermost containing loop command, which then aborts its execution and returns normally. Break exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such as the catch com- mand, Tk event bindings, and the outermost scripts of procedure bodies. EXAMPLE
Print a line for each of the integers from 0 to 5: for {set x 0} {$x<10} {incr x} { if {$x > 5} { break } puts "x is $x" } SEE ALSO
catch(1T), continue(1T), for(1T), foreach(1T), return(1T), while(1T) KEYWORDS
abort, break, loop ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTcl | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tcl break(1T)
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