`string match` is a good choice here as well:
if string match -q -- '-*' $test; echo yes; end
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Alex Boisvert
wrote:
> Use "--" (double-dash), which is used to indicate the end of command
> options, after which only positional parameters are accepted.
>
> This
Use "--" (double-dash), which is used to indicate the end of command
options, after which only positional parameters are accepted.
This works:
set firstChar (string sub -s1 -l1 -- "$text")
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Mark Volkmann
wrote:
>
> Suppose I have this:
> set text '-foo'
>
> How
Suppose I have this:
set text '-foo'
How can I determine whether the first character of the string in $text is a
dash?
I tried this:
set firstChar (string sub -s1 -l1 "$text")
But that doesn't work because "string sub" thinks I'm trying to specify
another switch since $text starts with a dash, an
