Subject: case bug in /bin/sh
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: David Carrel <carrel@cisco.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/02/1994 22:55:34
I have a problem with the current version of /bin/sh.  I supped on 1 June,
and now my sh doesn't handle case statements with OR's ("|") in it.  The
following script:
	#!/bin/sh
	case $1 in
	foo|foor)
	  # this is a test
	  echo user didnt type foo
	  ;;
	esac
will fail with the following:
	/tmp/foo: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I played around with this for a bit and it seems that the determining
factor is the OR "|" inside the case statement.

This causes g++ and nroff to break, so I noticed real fast.

Dave

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