On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose that I have a variable $x, I want to test if the content of $x > match the pattern 'abc*'. If yes, then do something. (The operator == > doesn't match patterns, if I understand it correctly.) > > Reread the bash manual about [[ == ]]. > Is there such a build-in feature in bash? Or I have to rely on some > external program such as perl to test the pattern matching? > > -- > Regards, > Peng > > -- Clark J. Wang
