Dynamic case statement in bash

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to create a dynamic case statement in a bash script.

For example, let\'s say I have the output of an awk statement with the following c

Answer 1

You can create a dynamic case statement in bash by doing the following:

1) ensure the list is PIPE (|) seperated. IE. red|green|blue

2) wrap your case statement in an eval

For example:

valid="red|green|blue"

eval "case \"$choice\" in
    $valid)
        echo do something good here
        ;;
    *)
        echo invalid colour
        ;;
esac"

This works for simple variable processing, I can not guarantee this will work in all cases.