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Re: Using ‘;&’ in place of ‘;;’ in case statement
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Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev |
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Re: Using ‘;&’ in place of ‘;;’ in case statement |
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Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:34:45 +0100 |
args=abc ; case $args in *a*) printf a\\n ;& *b*) printf b\\n ;& esac
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 05:27 fatiparty--- via <help-bash@gnu.org> wrote:
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> I am reading the Gnu Bash Manual "3.2.5.2 Conditional Constructs".
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> In the "case" part, the manual states that
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> Using ‘;&’ in place of ‘;;’ causes execution to continue withthe
> command-list associated with the next clause, if any.
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> How can one clause cause a match, then continue to another clause that
> causes an additional match?
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