#! /bin/bash echo -e "Enter some character : \c" read value case $value in [a-z] ) echo "User entered $value a to z" ;; [A-Z] ) echo "User entered $value A to Z" ;; [0-9] ) echo "User entered $value 0 to 9" ;; ? ) echo "User entered $value special character" ;; * ) echo "Unknown input" ;; esac