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Re: [Help-bash] Built-in method for searching variable strings


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Built-in method for searching variable strings
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:39:48 -0400
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On 11/1/14 11:34 AM, asem nofal wrote:
> Hello guys, i have searched for a built-in method for searching variables
> for sub strings but i have not found any built-in support for that , so i
> think that you should take that in consideration in the later release,
> since it's very common and vital process

foo=substring
sub=str

case $foo in
*"$sub"*)       echo found substring ;;
*)      echo didn\'t ;;
esac

if [[ $foo == *"${sub}"* ]]; then
        echo found substring
else
        echo didn\'t
fi



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