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UNIX : Using case in shell scripting


The below example shows how to use case statement in bash scripting.

#!/bin/bash

value=123  #We can give the expected value to this variable.

case ${value} in

 2) echo "2";;

 apple) echo "apple";;

 a|b|c) echo "Input value is $val";;

 [Yy][Ee][Ss]) echo "Yes";;

 [5-9]*) echo "A value between 5 and 9 inclusive"

 *) echo "Some other value";;

esac
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