case expression in
pattern1) execute commands;;
pattern2) execute commands;;
pattern3) execute commands;;
pattern4) execute commands;;
* ) execute else or nothing
;;
esac
Example
echo "Enter a letter"
read letter
case "$letter" in
"a"|"A") echo "Yoou entered vowel a" ;;
"b"|"B") echo "You entered a consonant b" ;;
*) echo "you entered somthing else" ;;
esac