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Old 05-02-2012
issue with pattern matching
i have 2 strings with values below which are read from a file

1 ---> end
2 ---> string(1)newline="\n";

which need to be compared inside an if block as below
Code:
if [ ${LAST_1_LINE} == "end" -a ${LAST_2_LINE} == "string\(\1\)newline\=\"\\n\"\;" ]
then
  echo "pattern match"
fi

but the above code is not working
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-02-2012 at 09:38 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 05-02-2012
Hi, use strong quoting on the string with the funny characters and weak quoting for the variable references..
Code:
if [ "$LAST_1_LINE" = end ] && [ "$LAST_2_LINE" = 'string(1)newline="\n";' ]; then

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