[SOLVED] Check if multiple 'If Statements failed

Issue

I'm working on a script that checks (with If statements) if a variable contains a specific character. If a character is found the script executes some code. If a certain character cannot be found, the script will go into another If Statement to check if the variable contains another specific character, and so on.

this all works perfectly fine.

But I need the script to tell me if none of the characters are found, but i'm having some trouble accomplishing this goal. the script looks like this.

if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
fi

if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
fi

if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
fi

If all these If Statements cannot find their character I need the script to echo that these characters are not found.

I tried to put a If/else statement around all the other If statements, but this did not work for me.

if [[ ]]; then

   if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
   fi

   if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
   fi

   if [[ "$results" == *"specific character"* ]]; then
    do something.
   fi

else
   echo "characters are not found."

I can't seem to get it to work. Can somebody give me a push in the right direction?

Kind Regards,

Sleek

Solution

Use a case statement:

case "$results" in
    *c*) do something;;
    *d*) do something;;
    *e*|*f*) do something
             do another thing;;
    *) echo "characters are not found.";;
esac

Answered By - Dennis Williamson

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)