On Sun, 1 Aug 2010, Linda Walsh wrote:
I have:
w="/home/law/bin/package: line 5: type: xx: not found"
The =~ operator is suppose to use the RH Expr as a ext.-regex.
So why doesn't this match and print "not found"?
if [[ $w =~ ".*not found.*" ]]; then echo "not found"; fi
It prints nothing. Seems like such a basic concept. Sorry, this newbie
needs help on such trivial matters. :-(
When quoted, the right-hand argument is matched as a string, not an
expression.
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Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
