Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to add code to a shell script to find out if a string matches any item in a list, where the list can contain a wildcard character.

For example, if I have the following list:
ok_versions="03-02-4, 04-01-*"

Then I want to compare a particular string to see if it matches any item in the list. For example, I could have a string like the following
my_version="04-01-2".

I want to check my_version against ok_versions, and note that my_version is ok if it is 03-02-4, 04-01-1, 04-01-2, etc., but that it is not ok if it doesn't match one of the patterns. The ok_versions list could have any number of entries (not just two).

I am new to shell scripting and would really appreciate anyone who can solve this problem for me.

Thanks!

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
#set -x

my_version='04-01-2'

if [[ ${my_version} = +(04-01-*|03-02-4) ]]; then
   echo match
else
   echo no match
fi

a better question is ... why this does not work..
Anybody? This is on Solaris....

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
set -x

ok_versions="04-01-*|03-02-4"

my_version='04-01-2'

if [[ ${my_version} = +(${ok_versions}) ]]; then
   echo match
else
   echo no match
fi

I'm only going to guess (and it's probably not a good guess) that the ksh88 on Solaris is "older" (read as slightly different) than the ksh88 on whatever "nix you compared it to.

The ksh on AIX is not the same as on Solaris. There are subtle, but very minor differences (all of which I have momentarily - and somewhat conveniently forgotten!)

I am working with a /bin/sh script file on a Linux nemi 2.4.25 PPC system.

Do you have access to AIX? Could you try it, please.
It does not work with '/usr/xpg4/bin/sh' either ........

---------- Post updated at 05:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:31 PM ----------

Your '/bin/sh' on Linux might actually be ksh or bash 'in disguise' - try it.

Hi Johan,

If you used vger's solution then you were really using ksh, if just for a moment!

vger... I don't have access to AIX at the moment... I'm home and only have Solaris, Linux. I can't afford to have AIX at home! But I'll check it tomorrow (out of interest).

I tried vger's solution, but got the following errors:

syntax error in conditional expression: unexpected token `('
syntax error near `+($'
` if [[ ${my_version} = +(${ok_versions}) ]]; then'

I get the same kind of errors if I replace ok_versions with the string list in the if statement.