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Old 03-03-2009
case statement in UNIX scripting (ksh)
Hi,
I have a script like below :

#!/bin/ksh
echo "Do you want to export all docs [yes or no]?"
read alld
echo "Do you want to export template or report only [yes or no]"
read temr

case [[$alld=="yes"] && [$temr=="yes"]]
#arguments
;;

case [[$alld=="no"] && [$temr=="yes"]]
#arguments
;;

case [[$alld== "yes"] && [$temr=="no"]]
#arguments
;;
done

Can someone debug my script and tell which parts are wrong? Because I've been getting syntax errors when I tried to run this script. Any feedback appreciated so much. Thanks Smilie
# 2  
Old 03-03-2009
Code:
read alld?"Do you want to export all docs [yes or no]? "

read temr?"Do you want to export template or report only [yes or no]? "

if [ $alld = "yes" -a $temr = "yes" ]
then
    echo "yes yes"
elif [ $alld = "no" -a $temr = "yes" ]
then
    echo "no yes"
elif [ $alld = "no" -a $temr = "no" ]
then
    echo "no no"
else
    echo "$alld $temr"
fi

# 3  
Old 03-03-2009
replace the == by =. Then enclose the double quotes for $alld.

Then instead of Case use the If statement.

i.e if [ "${alld}" = "yes" && "${temr}" = "yes"]; then
<arguments>
elif......

Try to implement like this...

# 4  
Old 03-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Code:
read alld?"Do you want to export all docs [yes or no]? "

read temr?"Do you want to export template or report only [yes or no]? "

if [ $alld = "yes" -a $temr = "yes" ]
then
    echo "yes yes"
elif [ $alld = "no" -a $temr = "yes" ]
then
    echo "no yes"
elif [ $alld = "no" -a $temr = "no" ]
then
    echo "no no"
else
    echo "$alld $temr"
fi

hi fpmurphy, may i know which shell is this? i tried to do this in ksh but i got error
# 5  
Old 03-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by sivakumar.rj
replace the == by =. Then enclose the double quotes for $alld.

Then instead of Case use the If statement.

i.e if [ "${alld}" = "yes" && "${temr}" = "yes"]; then
<arguments>
elif......

Try to implement like this...


hi sivakumar,

yes u are right, i think it's not gonna work if i use case statement. i will try to use the if statement now. thanks for your feedback Smilie
 
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