Bash case statement help on Ubuntu

[_Gentoo_Nile_]

I am new to shell scripting. I have Ubuntu 9.04 and i am using it since a few weeks. I am learning shell scripts and need help with using Bash case statement help on Ubuntu linux. Can anyone help me with an example? Thanks!

[FaMe FacToR]

The case statement is very smart replacement for if/then/else if/else statements when making comparisons in a large numbers. This command makes it easy for the user and script developer to create number of cases [choice] and edit it and make changes to the script without making too much changes. This works with all the shells, like bash, ssh, etc...

[_Gentoo_Nile_]

Thanks for the reply... But can anyone give me its syntax or an example so that i can understand it and implement it myself, so i could learn it quickly... Thanks in advance...

[SmirnOFF]

Syntax of Case Statement :

case "$var" in
value1)
commands;
;;
value2)
commands;
;;
*)
commands;
;;
esac

All the best and happy coding...