[SOLVED] BASH: something similar to a C "goto" command?

[ryanVickers]

can while loops have else?

[Wybiral]

can while loops have else?

Everything after the while loop?

[ryanVickers]

right!

oh, dear, I'm getting tired. Well, I managed to *finish* it at least - just one more feature...

[HermanAB]

Hmm, you should consider making it a Perl script instead. Perl is easier to code than Bash and much more powerful. (and no, Perl doesn't *have* to look like line noise).

[ryanVickers]

ok, thanks for all the help everyone, and sorry to anyone else reading this who needs a goto command

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I would declare this thread as solved...
Ryan, if you'd do the honors?...

[ryanVickers]

Hmm, you should consider making it a Perl script instead. Perl is easier to code than Bash and much more powerful. (and no, Perl doesn't *have* to look like line noise).

Yeah, I've heard good things about it, but I don't really want to learn another language! I already know actionscript 1 and 2, a tiny bit of C, (I can read better than wrote ), and now I'm learning bash, but I think that would just be too much! Unless it's really easy...

[ryanVickers]

I would declare this thread as solved...
Ryan, if you'd do the honors?...

yes, indubitably!

[ghostdog74]

I'm looking for something that does the same thing as "goto" in C(++) for BASH. I know it's primitive, but...

comes with csh though.

[ryanVickers]

Does that include all the same features as bash? (for other users - I"m done here )