Bash : switch case

case expression in
    pattern1 )
        statements ;;
    pattern2 )
        statements ;;
    ...
esac

Examples

#!/bin/bash
# This script does a very simple test for checking disk space.

space=`df -h | awk '{print $5}' | grep % | grep -v Use | sort -n | tail -1 | cut -d "%" -f1 -`
case $space in
[1-6]*)
  Message="All is quiet."
  ;;
[7-8]*)
  Message="Start thinking about cleaning out some stuff.  There's a partition that is $space % full."
  ;;
9[1-8])
  Message="Better hurry with that new disk...  One partition is $space % full."
  ;;
99)
  Message="I'm drowning here!  There's a partition at $space %!"
  ;;
*)
  Message="I seem to be running with an nonexistent amount of disk space..."
  ;;
esac

echo $Message | mail -s "disk report `date`" anny

References

1. 5 Bash Case Statement Examples
2. 7.3. Using case statements