{"id":10509,"date":"2019-03-06T07:49:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=10509"},"modified":"2019-03-06T08:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T08:50:22","slug":"bash-case-statement-linuxize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/bash-case-statement-linuxize\/","title":{"rendered":"Bash Case Statement | Linuxize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bash case statements are generally used to simplify complex conditionals when you have multiple different choices. Using the case statement instead of nested if statements will help you make your bash scripts more readable and easier to maintain.<\/p>\n

The Bash case statement has a similar concept with the Javascript or C switch statement. The main difference is that unlike the C switch statement the Bash case statement doesn\u2019t continue to search for a pattern match once it has found one and executed statements associated with that pattern.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we will cover the basics of the Bash case statements and show you how to use them in your shell scripts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Case Statement Syntax<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Bash case statement takes the following form:<\/p>\n

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case<\/span> EXPRESSION in\r\n\r\n  PATTERN_1)<\/span>\r\n    STATEMENTS\r\n    ;;<\/span>\r\n\r\n  PATTERN_2)<\/span>\r\n    STATEMENTS\r\n    ;;<\/span>\r\n\r\n  PATTERN_N)<\/span>\r\n    STATEMENTS\r\n    ;;<\/span>\r\n\r\n  *)<\/span>\r\n    STATEMENTS\r\n    ;;<\/span>\r\nesac<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n
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