OT: case statements in sh

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2006, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 07:15:45PM -0500, Bob Stockler wrote:
...
>> 
>> And if you really get techincal about it, the final ";;"
>> is not required (thought it looks pretty there, and makes
>> things "look better".
>
>It's not required by the interpreter.  But if you ever decide to
>re-sort your case blocks, you'll discover that it's very handy indeed
>to have around.  :-)

As a general rule, using a ``feature'' like that will always come
back to bite you in the butt, and be hard to find.

Bill
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