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Re: bash string RE pattern matching
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Lawrence Velázquez |
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Re: bash string RE pattern matching |
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Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:54:57 -0400 |
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2023, at 7:13 PM, Lee wrote:
> Why doesn't =~ match strings inside of double quotes?
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> $ bash bashre
> os = "Linux" re = "^Linux"
> "$os" =~ ${re} is true
> "$os" =~ "${re}" is False
> "$os" =~ ^Linux is true
> "$os" =~ "^Linux" is False
https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#pf35
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