Re: Case statement
From: William (fred_at_nosmapherethankyou.com)
Date: 05/31/05
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:59:58 +0000 (UTC)
<joe@invalid.address> wrote :
> case blocks don't work like that. The cases match string patterns, but
> don't interpret them. You want to first ensure that the input is
> numeric, and then test for the range. for example
>
> case $1 in
> *[!0-9]*) echo Error, input is not numeric
> ;;
> *) if [ "$1" -ge 100 -a "$1" -le 6000 ];then
> echo input is between 100 and 6000
> else
> echo input is not between 100 and 6000
> fi
> ;;
> esac
>
> Joe
Thanks Joe!
I'll get the hang of this scripting lark yet :-)
-- Regards William
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