question on shell scripting and multi-directional conditional branching
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question on shell scripting and multi-directional conditional branching
I am trying to find out the difference between definite and indefinite loops in shell scripting. I know about loops from my programming class but I cannot find anything on definite and indefinite loops. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great?
My second question is what is multi-directional conditional branch? and what is the command you type to use this? I honestly have no idea what this is and if one of you guys could shine some light that would be great. thanks
In that thread, you left us hanging---wondering if you ever solved the problem.
You current questions will be pretty easy to find on Google. I'll give you a hint on #2: There are two basic constructs:
case (aka "switch" in C)
if / elif ("else if" in some languages)
In your previous thread I recommended the Bash Guide for Beginners. That will cover these two approaches.
My second question is what is multi-directional conditional branch? and what is the command you type to use this? I honestly have no idea what this is and if one of you guys could shine some light that would be great. thanks
It's like an extended 'if' 'elif' 'else' statement, in a more user-friendly readable format, testing to see if the variable matches the condition in each case, if it does then the command there is run.
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