Re: How to use [[ string =~ regexp ]]?

[Chet Ramey]

Paul Jarc wrote:
> 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 is correct; that is the piece I was missing (I am distracted by
the Cleveland-Detroit game).

Chet

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