Meanwhile [sarcasm]thanks so much to everyone who read my request for dbus help and actually knew dbus enough to knows how to do what I asked.[/sarcasm]. I get that most people don't know dbus that well, and some might not have had time or had something impostant to do instead - but if you knew how to help and didn't bother, middle finger to you.
case expression in pattern1 ) statements ;; pattern2 ) statements ;; ... esac