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what would goto, translate to in bash script


This is my code:

#!/bin/bash
read distro </etc/issue
echo $distro
if [[ "$distro" = "Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid n l" ]];
then
    goto Debian:
elif [[ "$distro" = "Ubuntu GNU/Linux bookworm/sid n l" ]];
then
    goto Ubuntu:
elif [[ "$distro" = "kali GNU/Linux bookworm/sid n l" ]];
then
    goto Kali:
elif [[ "$distro" = "Arch GNU/Linux bookworm/sid n l" ]];
then
    goto Arch:
else
    echo No suported OS detected some thing may not work
fi

Debian:
echo using Debian
sleep 5
exit

Ubuntu:
echo using Ubuntu
sleep 5
exit

Kali:
echo using kali
sleep 5
exit

Arch:
echo using Arch
sleep 5
exit

Its a really simple code and I don’t even know if the way I’m checking the Linux distro will work

I have tried with the Goto function from a batch from windows but it wont work on Linux, how would i jump form line to line

2

Answers


  1. I’d recommend using a Switch-Case statement with fall-through.

    All the ‘handlers’ can be defined in a function that will be called from the switch:

    #!/bin/bash
    
    handleDebian() {
        echo "Using Debian"
    }
    
    handleUbuntu() {
        echo "Using Ubuntu"
    }
    
    handleKali() {
        echo "Using Kali"
    }
    
    handleArch() {
        echo "Using Arch"
    }
    
    handleUnknown() {
       echo "No suported OS detected some thing may not work"
    }
    
    read distro </etc/issue
    case "${distro}" in
        *Debian*)   handleDebian() ;;
        *Ubuntu*)   handleUbuntu() ;;
        *kali*)     handleKali() ;;
        *Arch*)     handleArch() ;;
        *)          handleUnkown() ;;
    esac
    
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  2. In this case I’d opt for a more compact case statement, eg:

    read distro </etc/issue
    echo $distro
    
    case "${distro}" in
        *Debian*)    echo "Debian" ;;
        *Ubuntu*)    echo "Ubuntu" ;;
        *kali*)      echo "kali"   ;;
        *Arch*)      echo "Arch"   ;;
        *)           echo "No suported OS detected some thing may not work";;
    esac
    
    sleep 5
    
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