keywords='if then else elif fi while until for do done { } case esac ! in' # Keywords can be used unquoted in case statements, except the keyword # esac as the first pattern of a '|' alternation without a starting '('. # (POSIX doesn't seem to require (esac) to work.) for k in $keywords; do eval "case $k in (foo|$k) ;; *) echo bad ;; esac" eval "case $k in ($k) ;; *) echo bad ;; esac" eval "case $k in foo|$k) ;; *) echo bad ;; esac" [ "$k" = esac ] && continue eval "case $k in $k) ;; *) echo bad ;; esac" done