In a Bash case statement, which value will trigger dothisthing given the pattern 'case matchWord in 1) dothisthing ;; esac'?

• A. 1
• B. 0
• C. 2
• D. 3

Answer: (A)

The case statement uses pattern matching against the value after case. The pattern here is a literal 1, which means it matches exactly the string "1". Bash compares matchWord as text, not as a number, so dothisthing will run only when matchWord expands to "1". Other values like 0, 2, or 3 do not match this pattern, so they won’t trigger the action. In short, the action fires when the value is exactly 1.