Goto in bash - Brilliant for debugging!!

goto-example.sh

#!/bin/bash

# GOTO for bash, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9639103/is-there-a-goto-statement-in-bash/52872489#52872489
# Based upon https://stackoverflow.com/a/31269848/5353461
function goto
{
 local label=$1
 cmd=$(sed -En "/^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*$label:[[:space:]]*#/{:a;n;p;ba};" "$0")
 eval "$cmd"
 exit
}

start=${1:-start}
goto "$start"  # GOTO start: by default

#start:#  Comments can occur after labels
echo start
goto end

  # skip: #  Whitespace is allowed
echo this is usually skipped

# end: #
echo end