Dave McKay first used computers when punched paper tape was in vogue, and he has been programming ever since. After over 30 years in the IT industry, he became a full-time technology journalist. His first published article, describing macros in 6502 assembly language, was published in the December …

So, as you can see, I'm using ;;& instead of ;; so that if action=b it will trigger both of the first two cases. However, a drawback of this is that *) no longer 'means' "everything else", but will match "everything" instead; thus b will trigger the final one also. PowerShell is able to do what I …

Depending on the month, there are three possible answers: 28 or 29 days for February. 30 days for April, June, September, and November. 31 days for January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. Follow the steps below to create the script: 1. Create the script month.sh by running: 2. Add …

A case statement in bash scripts is used when a decision has to be made against multiple choices. In other words, it is useful when an expression has the possibility to have multiple values. This methodology can be seen as a replacement for multiple if-statements in a script. Case statements have …

← Exit command • Home • Dealing with case sensitive pattern → The case statement is good alternative to multilevel if-then-else-fi statement. It enable you to match several values against one variable. It is easier to read and write. The syntax is as follows: case $variable-name in pattern1) …

The bash case statement is generally used to simplify complex conditionals when there are multiple different choices. Using the case statement instead of nested if statements will help make your bash scripts more readable and easier to maintain. The Bash case statement has a concept similar to the …