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From: Shankar Unni <shankarunni AT netscape DOT net>
Subject:  Re: CASE error in script file
Date:  Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:11:32 -0800
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Doug wrote:

> case $1 in

If $1 is undefined (i.e. you pass in no arguments), this line becomes

    case  in

which is incorrect syntax, of course. Answer: quote the "$1".


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