word1\ word2)  ;;
wo*\ wo*)        ;;


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#!/bin/sh<br />
a=&quot;word1 word2&quot;<br />
<br />
case &quot;$a&quot; in<br />
&quot;word1 word2&quot;) &nbsp;echo matched ;;<br />
*) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;echo does not match ;;<br />
esac<br />

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#!/bin/sh
a="word1 word2"

case "$a" in
"word1 word2")  echo matched ;;
*)                        echo does not match ;;
esac


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FYI<br />
in ksh88i I was unable to get the following to work for a=&quot;word word&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;wo* wo*&quot;) ...<br />
wo*\ wo*) ...<br />
<br />
but both of these did:<br />
<br />
&quot;word word&quot;) ...<br />
wo*) ...<br />
<br />

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FYI
in ksh88i I was unable to get the following to work for a="word word"

"wo* wo*") ...
wo*\ wo*) ...

but both of these did:

"word word") ...
wo*) ...



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Thanks all. Unfortunately so far I haven't been able to get any of these to work.<br />
<br />
dtkerns - I'll try what you mentioned tonight. <br />
<br />
At the moment the only way I can get it to work with two words is to use arguments, which doesn't seem like the right way to go about it, and doesn't allow me to use a wildcard on the string in an IF statement.
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Thanks all. Unfortunately so far I haven't been able to get any of these to work.

dtkerns - I'll try what you mentioned tonight.

At the moment the only way I can get it to work with two words is to use arguments, which doesn't seem like the right way to go about it, and doesn't allow me to use a wildcard on the string in an IF statement.

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PS notice you have to use 'real' REs not (k)sh file expansion REs
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PS notice you have to use 'real' REs not (k)sh file expansion REs

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How can I get a pattern to have a space in, for use in a case statement? I have two words which I would like to use.<br />
<br />
For example, this obviously doesn't work, but shows what I'm trying to do:<br />
<br />
word1 word2)<br />
&nbsp; ...<br />
&nbsp; ;;<br />
<br />
I would also like to use wild cards for this so that &quot;wo wo&quot; would work.<br />
<br />
If this isn't possible, how can I use wildcards on a string in an if statement please?<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />

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How can I get a pattern to have a space in, for use in a case statement? I have two words which I would like to use.

For example, this obviously doesn't work, but shows what I'm trying to do:

word1 word2)
  ...
  ;;

I would also like to use wild cards for this so that "wo wo" would work.

If this isn't possible, how can I use wildcards on a string in an if statement please?

Thanks



KSH Case statement pattern with space in

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