Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-git@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> That is, what does the shell say if you do this? >> >> case Ultra in >> Super) >> false ;; >> Hyper) >> true ;; >> esac && >> echo case returned ok > > It says 'case returned ok', so I will try to understand why it > works here and does not work in the 'while' construct. What you actually need to do is false case Ultra in Super) false ;; Hyper) true ;; esac && echo case returned ok -- David Kastrup - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html