maybe some of these "case" reactions are no-no's

[Dan Jacobson]

Maybe some of these "case" reactions are no-no's, maybe not,

In the manual is says
  case word in [ [(] pattern [ | pattern ] ... ) list ;; ]
       ... esac

$ case esac 
> #odd, why is it asking for another line instead of failing?
$ case a in b);;esac
$ case a in b)esac #odd.  what about ;;?
$ case a in b);esac
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;e'
$ case a in b): esac
> 
$ case a in b)date esac
> 
$ case a in b)date ;esac
$ case b in b)date ;esac
Tue 04  9 21:12:29 CST 2002
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