[SOLVED] Catch-all for bash variables?

[Pyrobisqit]

Is it possible to set up a catch-all for bash script's variables?

For instance, imagine that $VAR could return either "abc-123" and "abc-456", but also "def-123" and "def-456".

Is it possible to make a script that, depending on if $VAR returns something with "abc" in the beginning does something, but when $VAR returns something beginning with "def" does something different?

Thanks!

[Irithori]

You are probably looking for the "case" statement
Testing and Branching

[JohnGraham]

Yes, you can use a case statement:

case "$1" in
    abc*)
        # Gets executed if first arg starts with "abc".
        echo "Saw abc-something"
        ;;
    def*)
        # Gets executed if first arg starts with "def".
        echo "Saw def-something"
        ;;
    *)
        # Gets executed if previous forms didn't match.
        echo "Dunnow"
        ;;
esac

[Pyrobisqit]

Yes, you can use a case statement:

case "$1" in
    abc*)
        # Gets executed if first arg starts with "abc".
        echo "Saw abc-something"
        ;;
    def*)
        # Gets executed if first arg starts with "def".
        echo "Saw def-something"
        ;;
    *)
        # Gets executed if previous forms didn't match.
        echo "Dunnow"
        ;;
esac

Thank you JohnGraham and Irithori for the near-instant response!