UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

A quick, probably dumb question. I'm working on a program and i need to loop through several options. i'm currently doing a bunch of if then else's. i was wondering 2 things in unix (bourne) can i stack else's. 2 would i be better off just using case

ie

read line
if [ $line = "H"]
then
something
else
if [ $line = "K"]
then
something else
fi
else
*can i have that else there*

i kinda think it would be smoother with case, but i'm not comfy with it yet. any insight opinion, advice would be apprecieated

read $line
case $line in
'K')
Something ;;
'H')
Something ;;
*)
Something else ;;
esac


try something like this

You can do something like:

Code:

read line
if [ $line = "H" ]
then
      something
elif [ $line = "K" ]
then
      somethingelse
else
      default_thing
fi

But yes, a "case" is much better.