Re: Deleting files

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote:
...
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 02:15:24PM +0000, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> > > [ "$3" ] && N="${3^}" && [ "$N" = "T" ] && remove_file=true
> >
> > Or:
> >
> > case $3 in [Tt]) remove_file=true;; esac
>
> Can one do
>
> case "$3" in [Tt]) remove_file=true;; esac

One can, but this is one of the few places where it is not necessary
to put the variable in quotes.

> Would there be side effects?

No.

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