For loop in bourne shell is not working

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

I have a loop with cases
I am working on Bourne shell

 for file in *.${Today}*.csv *.${Today}*.txt\
 do
  
 case ${file} in
    sun_detail)
        do something
     ;;
    sum)
       do something
    ;;
    mod)
      do something
    ;;
    *)
     do something
    ;;

I have a 50 files, three from them fall in three cases. I thought all others should get to common case *). But the first file got to that case and program exits without errors
Could you please help me with this?

Thanks for contribution

2

what OS and BASH are you using? the syntax varies a little from version to version.

3

sun_detail looks too specific, sun_detail.csv wouldn't match it for instance. Try *sun_detail*

4

I'm afraid that code snippet can't possibly run flawlessly:

  • the continuation ( \ ) between for ... and do needs to be dropped
  • done missing
  • esac missing

And, looking at the for construct, file will assume string values like ...csv or ...txt , which will never match sun_detail nor sum nor mod .

5

It is just an example

  
 case $file in
      sum_detasils*$Today*.csv

Could you please tell me if continue works in case statement?

---------- Post updated at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:07 PM ----------

 for file in *.${Today}*.csv *.${Today}*.txt
 do
case $file in
      sum_detasils*$Today*.csv)
             do something
             continue
        ;;
 esac
 done

Continue will work?

6

Please DON'T double post, seriously!

Please apply some care when posting - people can't tell if what you post is sloppy typing or copying or erroneous coding causing misbehaved programs.

I don't think continue is necessary -

Although from man bash , this should be valid for sh , too.

EDIT: Looking at your other thread, I see that your reasoning is a bit different. Another reason for a) no double posting, b) precise and detailed posting.