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Re: How to use [[ string =~ regexp ]]?
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: How to use [[ string =~ regexp ]]? |
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Sun, 21 May 2006 15:55:35 -0400 |
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Peter Volkov <pvolkov@mics.msu.su> wrote:
> $ [[ "string" =~ "[a-z]" ]] && echo something
> something
[a-z] matches only one charater, but the pattern is not required to
match against the entire string. You can force it to match the whole
string by using "^" to anchor the pattern to the beginning of the
string, and "$" to anchor it to the end:
[[ string =~ ^[a-z]$ ]]
paul