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Old 10-20-2008
Shell script dynamically case in VAR
Hallo,

I am working on a kdialog. This shall be able to load the required commands from a .conf file.

First step runs good by loading the entries (selectabel entries) in a variable:

MIRRORSELECT=$(kdialog --radiolist "Select your nearest mirror" $VAR1)

The kdialog is accordingly correct

MY PROBLEM IS NOW, to set all inside the case in ... done dynamically e.g. via a variable or a function etc.

MIRRORSELECT=$(kdialog --radiolist "Select your nearest mirror" $VAR1)
case $MIRRORSELECT in
$VAR2
esac

I tryed to fill the required data ((VAR2=$(echo " 1) echo "Hallo ;; ...;; ) in the variable and call it inside the case ... in ... $VAR ... done.

It always causes an error message.

Can you help me here?


Tks and krgds
# 2  
Old 10-20-2008
The case statement should looks like:

Code:
  case "$MIRRORSELECT" in
    "$VAR2") echo "VAR2 found";;
    "$VAR3") echo "VAR3 found";;
    *) echo "Not in any VAR";;
  esac

Regards
# 3  
Old 10-20-2008
Tks for your reply,

my problem is here, that I do not know how many lines I expect between the case in ... done brace. That means I cannot prepare Var2, Var3 etc.

So that I have been looking for a dynamic solution to fill it.
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