<em>#!/usr/bin/env bash</em>
case $num in
1)
echo "one"
; ;
2)
echo "two"
; ;
*)
echo "a mystery"
; ;
esac
- a case that matches any value, providing a default option if nothing else catches that value
- a case only for what happens when the asterisk character is passed into the script
- the action of all of the other cases combined together
- an action that is taken for any input, even if it matches a specified condition
