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Question

example

#!/bin/bash

INSTALL_PATH="/usr/local"
BFGMINER_INSTALL_PATH="${INSTALL_PATH}/bfgminer"
BFGMINER_REPO="https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer.git"

list_last_ten_bfgminer_tags () {
    cd ${BFGMINER_INSTALL_PATH}
    git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" --sort=-taggerdate --count=10 refs/tags | cut -c 6-
}

clone_bfgminer () {
    cd ${INSTALL_PATH}
    git clone ${BFGMINER_REPO} ${BFGMINER_INSTALL_PATH}
}

echo "select number to switch tag or n to continue"
select result in master $(list_last_ten_bfgminer_tags)
do

    # HOW DO I CHECK THE INDEX???????  <================================= QUESTION
    if [[ ${result} == [0-9] && ${result} < 11 && ${result} > 0 ]]
        then
            echo "switching to tag ${result}"
            cd ${BFGMINER_INSTALL_PATH}
            git checkout ${result}
    else
        echo "continue installing master"
    fi

    break
done

So if the user enters 1, the case statement checks for the match on the text, how can I match on 1 instead?

Answer 1

Use the $REPLY variable

PS3="Select what you want>"
select answer in "aaa" "bbb" "ccc" "exit program"
do
case "$REPLY" in
    1) echo "1" ; break;;
    2) echo "2" ; break;;
    3) echo "3" ; break;;
    4) exit ;;
esac
done

Answer 2

You don't need to check which value is selected; you can simply use it. The only thing you do want to check against is master, which is simple to do.

select result in master $(list_last_ten_bfgminer_tags)
do
    if [[ $result = master ]]; then
        echo "continue installing master"
    elif [[ -z "$result" ]]; then
        continue
    else
        echo "switching to tag ${result}"
        cd ${BFGMINER_INSTALL_PATH}
        git checkout ${result}
    fi
    break
done