Very Computer

The reason is that I want to have a unique returning point for each of
my functions. At the moment they are stuffed with many 'returns' and I
can't debug that.

Gael.

        result=1 ; goto r       # return 1

         .
         .
         .

        result=2 ; goto r       # return 2

         .
         .
         .

        r: return $result

any clearer than this:

        return 1                # return 1

         .
         .
         .

        return 2                # return 2

?

Is that what you're trying to do?

If you really hate multiple exit points, then fix the code so that its
structure doesn't need them.  For example, change this:

        if [ "$x" -gt 2 ]
        then
            return 0
        fi

        return 1

to this:

        if [ "$x" -gt 2 ]
        then
            result=0
        else
            result=1
        fi

        return $result

Hope that helps.

  - Logan
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 > I am looking for a equivalent of 'goto' or 'jump' in the Bourne shell.

There is no "goto" in the Bourne shell.

 > The reason is that I want to have a unique returning point for each of
 > my functions. At the moment they are stuffed with many 'returns' and I
 > can't debug that.

If your aim is to improve your code, you could post parts of

If you cannot see, which "return" terminates the function,
you could try to invoke your script using the following
command:

        $ sh -vx script

or
        $ ksh -vx script

Heiner
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