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# 1  
Old 09-04-2007
with Regard to Case Statement
I need to check if $1 is A or B
I tried the following but it seems its not correct..would appreciate a suggestion ?


case "$1"
in
"A" || "B" )
;;
esac

Thanks
# 2  
Old 09-04-2007
Code:
case $1 in
"A")
"B") #do something...
;;
*) #do something else
;;
esac

# 3  
Old 09-04-2007
Yes That's possible but I prefer to find out if i can use an or statement
# 4  
Old 09-04-2007
Code:
case "$1" in
   A|B) echo "A or B";;
esac

# 5  
Old 09-04-2007
thanks !!! it works the way i want it to now...
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