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author | Avjinder <avisekhon@gmail.com> | 2013-08-31 17:05:04 +0530 |
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committer | Avjinder <avisekhon@gmail.com> | 2013-08-31 17:05:04 +0530 |
commit | e2cd18ba463279a650c2393f68f37131a52b4c4d (patch) | |
tree | 2ce3bbe6feb640c3d9c64cfd02dcf1db8dcb2b54 | |
parent | 4dd948ccd297290414eecc6038277e97750c5f5e (diff) |
Update bash.html.markdown
In the case statement, the "in" keyword should be on the same line as case $VARIABLE. Also, ;; should be present at the end of each command. Shell executes all statements up to the two semicolons that are next to each other.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown index a0c43c12..76c794c6 100644 --- a/bash.html.markdown +++ b/bash.html.markdown @@ -73,12 +73,11 @@ ls -l | grep "\.txt" echo "There are $(ls | wc -l) items here." # Bash uses a case statement that works similarily to switch in Java and C++: -case "$VARIABLE" -in +case "$VARIABLE" in #List patterns for the conditions you want to meet - 0) echo "There is a zero." - 1) echo "There is a one." - *) echo "It is not null." + 0) echo "There is a zero.";; + 1) echo "There is a one.";; + *) echo "It is not null.";; esac #For loops iterate for as many arguments given: |