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        !             3: case                         Command                         case
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        !             8: Execute commands conditionally according to pattern
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        !            10: ccaassee _t_o_k_e_n iinn
        !            11: [ _p_a_t_t_e_r_n [ | _p_a_t_t_e_r_n ] ... ) _s_e_q_u_e_n_c_e ;; ] ...
        !            12: esac
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        !            14: case is  a construct  that used  by the shell  sh.  It  tells the
        !            15: shell to execute  commands conditionally, according to a pattern.
        !            16: It tests  the given token  successively against each  pattern, in
        !            17: the order  given.  It then executes the  commands in the sequence
        !            18: corresponding  to  the  first  matching  pattern.   Optional  `|'
        !            19: clauses specify additional patterns corresponding to a single se-
        !            20: quence.  If no pattern  matches the token, the case construct ex-
        !            21: ecutes no commands.
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        !            23: Each pattern  can include  text characters (which  match themsel-
        !            24: ves), special characters  `?' (which matches any character except
        !            25: newline)  and  `*' (which  matches  any  sequence of  non-newline
        !            26: characters), and  character classes  enclosed in brackets  `[ ]';
        !            27: ranges of characters within a  class may be separated by `-'.  In
        !            28: particular, the  last pattern in  a case construct  is often `*',
        !            29: which will match any token.
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        !            31: The shell executes case directly.
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        !            33: ***** See Also *****
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        !            35: commands, sh
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