Re: strange bash problem on potato

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

I'm running a slink system still, and I took your script and tried it with
i="A" and i="a", and got no output from either value. 

On inspection of your script, I see that 'case i in' is not what you
meant. This line should be 'case $i in' and you will get the results you
are expecting.

#!/bin/bash
set -e

i="A"
case $i in
 [A-H]) echo Set [A-H]
    ;;
 [A-K]) echo Set [A-K]
    ;;
esac
 
reports: Set [A-H]

on my machine.

Luck,

Dwarf
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