Re: CASE error in script file

[Doug <dmly dot usa at gmail dot com>]

Shankar Unni <shankarunni <at> netscape.net> writes:

> 
> 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".
> 
> 


I did put the "$1" in and it still gives me the same error

case "$1" in
    "1")
        echo '1'
        ;;
    2)
        echo '2'
        ;;
    *)
        echo 'Dunno'
        exit 1;;
esac

'/test.sh: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'/test.sh: line 1: `case "$1" in

Thanks


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