[Gllug] Yes or no?

[Nix]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Ben Fitzgerald murmured woefully:
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> read x
> 
> case $x in
> [yY][eE][sS]) echo thanks for saying yes;;
> [yY]) echo thanks for saying yes;;
> *) echo arrrggh;;
> esac

ITYM

#!/bin/bash
read x
case $x in
 [yY]*) echo thanks for saying yes;;
esac

which also lets you say yeah, yep, and so on.

(in any case your first example is better expressed as

[yY][eE][sS]|[yY])

as | is supported in case.)

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