How to use a goto statement in a shell script

I am new to shell script. I don't know how to use the goto statement. I am using the following code.

start:
echo "Main Menu"
echo "1 for Copy"
echo "2 for exit"
read NUM
case $NUM in
"1")
echo "CopyNUM"
goto start:;
"2")         
echo "Haiiii";
goto start:
*)
echo "ssss";
esac

      

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As others have pointed out, in bash

(or other POSIX-like shells) there is no goto

) - other, more flexible flow control constructs are taken in its place.
Find the title Compound Commands

in man bash

.

In your case, the command select

is the right choice. Since the use of this may not be obvious, here's what you need to get started:



#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Main Menu"

# Define the choices to present to the user, which will be
# presented line by line, prefixed by a sequential number
# (E.g., '1) copy', ...)
choices=( 'copy' 'exit' )

# Present the choices.
# The user chooses by entering the *number* before the desired choice.
select choice in "${choices[@]}"; do

  # If an invalid number was chosen, $choice will be empty.
  # Report an error and prompt again.
  [[ -n $choice ]] || { echo "Invalid choice." >&2; continue; }

  # Examine the choice.
  # Note that it is the choice string itself, not its number
  # that is reported in $choice.
  case $choice in
    copy)
      echo "Copying..."
      # Set flag here, or call function, ...
      ;;
    exit)
      echo "Exiting. "
      exit 0
  esac

  # Getting here means that a valid choice was made,
  # so break out of the select statement and continue below,
  # if desired.
  # Note that without an explicit break (or exit) statement, 
  # bash will continue to prompt.
  break

done

      

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Here's a quick example using a loop select

to accomplish your goal. You can use a while

custom menu loop if you want to customize the formatting, but the main menu is what was designed select

:

#!/bin/bash

## array of menu entries
entries=( "for Copy"
          "for exit" )

## set prompt for select menu
PS3='Selection: '

while [ "$menu" != 1 ]; do                ## outer loop redraws menu each time
    printf "\nMain Menu:\n\n"             ## heading for menu
    select choice in "${entries[@]}"; do  ## select displays choices in array
        case "$choice" in                 ## case responds to choice
            "for Copy" )
                echo "CopyNUM"
                break                     ## break returns control to outer loop
                ;;
            "for exit" )         
                echo "Haiiii, exiting"
                menu=1                    ## variable setting exit condition
                break
                ;;
            * )
                echo "ssss"
                break
                ;;
        esac
    done
done

exit 0

      



Use / Exit

$ bash select_menu.sh

Main Menu:

1) for Copy
2) for exit
Selection: 1
CopyNUM

Main Menu:

1) for Copy
2) for exit
Selection: 3
ssss

Main Menu:

1) for Copy
2) for exit
Selection: 2
Haiiii, exiting

      

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