类似于其他高级程序语言,Shell中case语句的作用也是作为多项选择使用,语法如下:case word in pattern1) Statement(s) to be execute if pattern1 matchs ;; pattern2) Statement(s) to be execute if pattern2 matchs ;; pattern3) Statement(s) to be execute if pattern3 matchs ;; *) Default action ;; esac有一点域其他高级语言中不太一样的地方,在高级语言中,若每个case后面没有break语句,则此判断将会遍历所有的case,直至结束;而在shell中,若匹配了某个模式,则执行其中的命令;执行完后(;;)直接退出此case;若无其他模式匹配输入,则将执行默认处理默认模式(*)部分。pattern模式不能包含元字符:*、?、[..](类,如[a-z]等)pattern模式里面可以包含或符号(|),表示多个匹配,如y|Y|yes|YES。下面是一个简单的例子。模拟一个计算器,进行+、-、*、/运算#!/bin/kshecho " Calculator" echo "1.+" echo "2.-" echo "3.*" echo "4./"echo -n "Enter your choice :" read Icase $I in 1) echo "Enter the first number:" read A echo "Enter the second number:" read B echo "the result is:" echo " $A + $B " | bc ;; 2) echo "Enter the second number:" read A echo "Enter the second number:" read B echo "the result is:" echo " $A - $B " | bc ;; 3) echo "Enter the first number:" read A echo "Enter the second number:" read B echo "the result is:" echo " $A * $B " | bc ;; 4) echo "Enter the first number:" read A echo "Enter the second number:" read B echo "the result is:" echo " $A / $B " | bc ;; *) echo "`basename $0`: a simple calculator" ;; esac#EOF