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# 1  
Old 12-10-2008
Bug Help needed in Switch Case
Hi Experts team,
i wish to use switch case in unix.
my req is

case $code in
1111)
echo "1111"
1112)
echo "1112"
*)
echo "default"
esac

see eventhough for particular case 1111 , it is always execute the default statement *), if i code like this.

How can handle numeric values in switch case in shell scripts.
Please explain

Thanks a lot 8)
# 2  
Old 12-10-2008
This script seems to work for me:

Code:
#! /bin/sh

TEST=1111

case $TEST in
  1111) echo "1111" ;;
  1112) echo "1112" ;;
     *) echo "None"
esac

returns '1111'

Code:
#! /bin/sh

TEST=1112

case $TEST in
  1111) echo "1111" ;;
  1112) echo "1112" ;;
     *) echo "None"
esac

returns '1112'
# 3  
Old 12-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by spkandy
Hi Experts team,
i wish to use switch case in unix.
my req is

case $code in
1111)
echo "1111"
1112)
echo "1112"
*)
echo "default"
esac

see eventhough for particular case 1111 , it is always execute the default statement *), if i code like this.

How can handle numeric values in switch case in shell scripts.
Please explain

Thanks a lot 8)
write it in this way
Code:
 
case "$code" in
1111) echo "1111";;
1112) echo "1112";;
*) echo "default" ;;
esac

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