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Thanks. The nested for loop works but if I want to output files that arent found as well I get repeated messages due to not matching to any of the array elements, how could I only output the...

Hi,

I am trying to compare two lists that are held in two variables so I believe I need to access the array elements to compare these. I am using ksh 88 and the code I have tried is below:

for...

Brilliant, this has done the trick. Thanks so much for your help. Maybe in 20 years I might have learnt all these differences but probaly not :D

Sorry, I still get the same result. :eek:

Sorry I meant the regular expression from my code above.

It almost works but as soon as I add the ? it no longer picks up the numbers 1.1, 1.2 etc as valid. If I dont have the question mark...

Thank you for explaining. If my shell doesnt support regular expressions why does some of the regular expression work in my code? The =~ didnt work by the way. I will try usng the grep example...

Thanks both, I havent tried your suggestions yet but is my regular expression correct or am I doing something wrong with my syntax.

I am using korn shell, I believe t88 version.

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I am quite knew to scripting and I am trying to get a regular expression to work to check that a user enters a valid version number such as 1 or 1.1 or 12.3 etc. I dont seem to be able to get...