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# 1  
Old 03-13-2002
Question multiple case
hi all
im working in tcsh shell.
In sh shell i write for example:

case in $www
1 | 2 | 3)
arguments;;
4 | 5 | 6)
arguments;;
esac

can anybody tell me the equivalent to tcsh of
1 | 2 | 3)?
# 2  
Old 03-13-2002
Please see the tcsh man page. Excerpt:

Quote:
switch (string)
case str1:
...
breaksw
...
default:
...
breaksw
endsw

Each case label is successively matched, against the specified string which is
first command and filename expanded. The file metacharacters `*', `?' and
`[...]' may be used in the case labels, which are variable expanded. If none of
the labels match before a `default' label is found, then the execution begins
after the default label. Each case label and the default label must appear at
the beginning of a line. The command breaksw causes execution to continue after
the endsw. Otherwise control may fall through case labels and default labels as
in C. If no label matches and there is no default, execution continues after the
endsw.
# 3  
Old 09-17-2007
case label
If I use "?" as a case label, what does it mean?

For Example:

case $choice in
1)
.....;;
2)
.....;;
?)
.....;;
esac

Here what does "?" in case label mean?
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