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submitted 8 months ago by LinearArray@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] lil@lemy.lol 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I guess shell languages can't do this:

export EDITOR=case "$OSTYPE" in
  linux*)
    nano
  ;;
  freebsd*)
    ee
  ;;

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Put backticks around the entire case statement, and you can.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That would be too smart. Smells like kotlin's when