Equivalent Of Regex Matching Operator Before Bash Version 3
Hello,
The following is an example from http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/bashver3.html for bash version 3:
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#!/bin/bash
variable="This is a fine mess."
echo "$variable"
if [[ "$variable" =~ "T*fin*es*" ]]
# Regex matching with =~ operator within [[ double brackets ]].
then
echo "match found"
# match found
fi
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How can one do the same thing in earlier versions of bash (2 for instance)?
Thanks in advance,
s1m0ne
The following is an example from http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/bashver3.html for bash version 3:
----------
#!/bin/bash
variable="This is a fine mess."
echo "$variable"
if [[ "$variable" =~ "T*fin*es*" ]]
# Regex matching with =~ operator within [[ double brackets ]].
then
echo "match found"
# match found
fi
----------
How can one do the same thing in earlier versions of bash (2 for instance)?
Thanks in advance,
s1m0ne
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amit_g,
That's the stuff. Thanks a lot!
s1m0ne
That's the stuff. Thanks a lot!
s1m0ne
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echo $variable | grep -e "T*fin*es*" >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "match found"
fi