can you use goto in bash script

sabliny · 10-07-2005, 05:44 PM

I am using Red Hat linux.

Can you use 'goto' in a bash script to jump to a label based on an if condition.

Thanks,

sabliny

nixcraft · 10-07-2005, 05:50 PM

Noop, use if command.

if [ condition ]; then
...
else
...
fi

acid_kewpie · 10-07-2005, 05:52 PM

goto's are a hideously awful way to program, you should use a function or a similar construct instead: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-8.html

Tinkster · 10-07-2005, 05:54 PM

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to
students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential
programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of
regeneration.
-- Dijkstra

Cheers,
Tink