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Syntax Error Problem

Hi

Below script is throwing an error:

Code:

repos=root
filename=/home/admin/Desktop/authz
case $repos in
root)
    root_folder="\[\/\]"
do

sed "/$root_folder/a $username = $access" $filename

done
;;
esac
exit 0

Error:

Code:

./new1.sh: line 77: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
./new1.sh: line 77: `do'

Can someone please help?

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do ...; done is used in for and while loops and has nothing to do with case statements.

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