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Re: comparing string with regular expression using test command in unix
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Mike Frysinger |
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Re: comparing string with regular expression using test command in unix |
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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:59:20 -0500 |
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On Friday 17 February 2006 05:23, N Gandhi Raja wrote:
> I want to compare a variable holding *string* with the *regular
> expression *. Is it possible to do in unix with a single command?
> Can we use "test" command in UNIX to compare a *string *with the
> *regular expression*? if so please provide an example for that.
`test` does not support regexes, but you can use either `expr` or bash-3.0+
supports regex comparison using the =~ operator
-mike