bash case statement question [OT]

[C M Reinehr]

On Thu 22 September 2011 09:28:51 am David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:51, xDog Walker <thudfoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is a question about bash: What does the .$1 mean in the following
> > case statement (I know $1 means the first argument, but what does the .
> > mean here?)
> > 
> >     case .$1 in
> 
> note that there is NO space between the "." and the $1, effectively
> concatenating the two.
> 
> > and later on:
> > 
> >     .[aA])
> >           SAMPLE="blah";;
> 
> again, note that your statement is "dot"[blah] -- again, it matches
> the concatenated . above.
> 
> You can remove the "." throughout, it will work the same.
> 
> > Thanks
> > 
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> HTH,
> 
> David A. Bandel

This is exactly why I'd hate to see this group disappear. Although we may all 
have discovered this list while using Caldera OL, we have stayed because of 
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-- although at this time I haven't the faintest idea of how GG works. ;-)

Thanks for all the great help that all of you have provided me over the years. 
And, especially you David, another Debian user like myself.

Cheers!

cmr
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