[SOLVED] Using $1 to call a bash function in a script

Issue

case ${1} in
    "pkey") pkey ;;
    "abserver") abserver ;;
    "exitmenu") exitmenu ;;
    "i3-binds") i3-binds ;;
esac

I have this code to call a function in a script based on $1 (passed as an argument to script). Is there a way to simply call the function in question via $1 and remove the need for case statement?

Solution

I would use this to validate the parameter:

case $1 in
    pkey|abserver|exitmenu|i3-binds) "$@" ;;
    *) echo "Unknown function: $1" >&2 ;;
esac

I used "$@" to also pass the other parameters as arguments to the function.

Answered By - glenn jackman

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (WPSolving Admin)