Question about "if" and "case" statement basics
kp400sf
or can they be run from the shell command line prompt?
Barry Margolin
<a03f08cf-0949-49e6...@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
kp400sf <kp4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do 'if' and "case" statements need to be run as part of a shell script
> or can they be run from the shell command line prompt?
Anything in a script can be done at the prompt. When you run a script,
it's the same shell, it's just reading the commands from the file
instead of a terminal.
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Ryan McCoskrie
> Do 'if' and "case" statements need to be run as part of a shell script
> or can they be run from the shell command line prompt?
If you want to have a multi-line command at the prompt place it in quotes.
I've only done that under bash though to your mileage may vary.
Barry Margolin
> Do 'if' and "case" statements need to be run as part of a shell script
> or can they be run from the shell command line prompt?
Anything you can put in a script can be done from the shell prompt, it's
the same shell.
Ryan McCoskrie
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