# Need Linux script help.

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**Created:** [May 11, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251 "2008-05-11T12:15:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251/1 "2008-05-11T12:15:54Z")

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Anybody know how to use a case statment inside of another case statement? I can’t seem to get the second statement to hold. (syntax error)

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251/2 "2008-05-11T14:04:17Z")

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it should work. Might be better off just using an if statement though. What language? Any compilation errors? Does the program run?

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251/3 "2008-05-11T19:55:39Z")

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what shell are you scripting in?

if you do your statements normally it will work.

if [conditional]

else

```
if [conditional]
fi

```

fi

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**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251/4 "2008-05-11T20:06:50Z")

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it’s the bourne shell. I figured it out. I needed ;; after the first esac but not the second. Also we had to make the script without using if statements. Thanks for the help guys.

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-linux-script-help/48251/5 "2008-05-12T06:16:37Z")

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> [@PureXTC"](#):
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> Anybody know how to use a **case statment** inside of another case statement? I can’t seem to get the second statement to hold. (syntax error)

wow this is why i dont post at night.