Peter Volkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ [[ "string" =~ "[a-z]" ]] && echo something > something
[a-z] matches only one charater, but the pattern is not required to match against the entire string. You can force it to match the whole string by using "^" to anchor the pattern to the beginning of the string, and "$" to anchor it to the end: [[ string =~ ^[a-z]$ ]] paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
