Case examples in bash
Bash
case EXPRESSION in
PATTERN_1)
STATEMENTS
;;
PATTERN_2)
STATEMENTS
;;
PATTERN_N)
STATEMENTS
;;
*)
STATEMENTS
;;
esac
Simple example
Bash
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter the name of a country: "
read COUNTRY
echo -n "The official language of $COUNTRY is "
case $COUNTRY in
Lithuania)
echo -n "Lithuanian"
;;
Romania | Moldova)
echo -n "Romanian"
;;
Italy | "San Marino" | Switzerland | "Vatican City")
echo -n "Italian"
;;
*)
echo -n "unknown"
;;
esac
java app example
Bash
#!/bin/sh
SERVICE_NAME=Your_Service_Name
PATH_TO_JAR=/usr/Name_of_User/MyJavaApplication.jar
PID_PATH_NAME=/tmp/Service_Name-pid
case $1 in
start)
echo "Starting $SERVICE_NAME ..."
if [ ! -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
nohup java -jar $PATH_TO_JAR /tmp 2>> /dev/null >>/dev/null &
echo $! > $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME started ..."
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is already running ..."
fi
;;
stop)
if [ -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
PID=$(cat $PID_PATH_NAME);
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stoping ..."
kill $PID;
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopped ..."
rm $PID_PATH_NAME
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running ..."
fi
;;
restart)
if [ -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
PID=$(cat $PID_PATH_NAME);
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopping ...";
kill $PID;
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopped ...";
rm $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME starting ..."
nohup java -jar $PATH_TO_JAR /tmp 2>> /dev/null >> /dev/null &
echo $! > $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME started ..."
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running ..."
fi ;;
esac