Re: Unable to use "case" command on Grub shell; getting syntax errors

[Manfred Haertel, DB3HM]

Andrei Borzenkov schrieb:

> > I'm trying something simple like this:
> > str1=abcdef; case $str1 in a*f) echo yes ;; esac
> >
> > But, regardless of how I split the command, I always get this errors:
> > error: ../../grub-core/script/lexer.c:352:Syntax error
> > error: ../../grub-core/script/lexer.c:352:Incorrect command
> >
> > Even just typing "case" and hitting Enter.
> >
> > Other constructs such as test, if, for, do work normally.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? Can someone help please?
>
> grub shell does not implement "case" command.

At least "case" and "esac" are reserved words, according to the grub 
source code.

However, there is no example which shows us the appropriate syntax.

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