[wellylug] How do get Switch working in bash (Debian)

[Jim Cheetham]

On 09/05/07, Jim Cheetham <jim at gonzul.net> wrote:
> On 09/05/07, Sigurd Magnusson <sigurd at silverstripe.com> wrote:
> >  Why does the following complain with
> >  ./switchtest: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `$colour'
> >  ./switchtest: line 5: `switch ($colour)'
>
> Because "switch" isn't part of bash.
> IIRC it's part of csh.

Let's be a little more helpful :-)

bash uses the 'case ... esac' construct for this sort of thing.
case $colour in
  red) echo "ruddy";;
 green) echo "ecological";;
 *) echo "odd";;
esac

I just installed a csh, and the 'switch' is in definately in there,
although the use of =~ is encouraged for pattern matching, so you
don't have to use switch at all.

if ($colour =~ red) then
  echo "ruddy"
else if ($color =~ green) then
  echo "ecological"
else
  echo "odd"
endif

-jim