On Saturday 29 November 2008 05:58:44 Tim Judd wrote: > In the shell script, i have a > pkg_info -qLx "^$PKG-[0-9,._]+$" > also tried (-X)tended regex instead of the standard rege(-x).
pkg_info -qLx "^${PKG}-[0-9,\._]+\$" -- 1-- -2- @1: shell evaluates before regex. Use braces so that end of variable is explicit @2: this shouldn't be evaluated by the shell, so escape it with a backslash. It's passed as dollar sign to the command. Also, I'm relatively sure it needs -X for the + sign, but haven't tested. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"