how to do goto in ksh???Help!!!!

[suhaimi]

Hi!
Is there any function like goto in ksh???
In C-shell we can use goto:
#!/bin/csh
test:
echo "whatever"
goto test

How do we jump to previous line in KSH??? Please help!

Thanks,
Suhaimi

 

[olded]

Hi:

While csh supports goto, I don't think either sh or ksh do.

Regards,

Ed

 

[AHinMaine]

Don't use goto. Goto bad.

Use subroutines.

#!/bin/ksh

somecommands() {
    echo "print something"
    grep grepforsomething filename
}

#now you can run that as a command
somecommands
#end

--
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

 

[marsd]

"Don't use goto. Goto bad...."

I don't agree, and I think many other experienced
programmers don't agree. There are some situations where a clean label jump is much preferable to munging an fopen()
call,pattern search and command reevaluation with some
shell utility in a shell function.
Goto is just a tool. More flexible and easily abused than continue and break but in the same class.

 

[vgersh99]

marsd,
if you're gonna keep misbehaving, I'll have to report you to jamisar. Next thing you know you'll suggest programming in C-sh.

Bad, bad, BAD marsd! vlad
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[suhaimi]

Hi naChoZ,
There are certain things that you can not use subroutine and the only way is to use goto.

Suhaimi

 

[KenCunningham]

Vlad, LMFAO here, pal!

 

[jamisar]

marsd, vlad
you are both rigth, i sure don't like 'goto' but
there are situations (in every language) a
goto is the (best||) only way.
- if i test a prog and will skip xthousend lines.
- in a switch the 'goto' is allways better readable
as a cascade of 'if-else if-else'.

have a nice xmas

PS: ON-THE-CMD-LINE 'csh' is the best for me!
PPS: i use 'goto' in my progs, once a year.
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