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wildcards in "if then" statement

Hello,

I would like to use a simple "if then" test to check if an argument to a command begins with "http://" as follows:

if [ $2 == http://* ]; then

command
fi

but the wildcard just seems to be ignored, ie., it will only execute the command if the expression is strictly "http://" with nothing following it. I have tried enclosing the second expression with single and double quotes, and have tried using various wildcards such as ".", "?", ".*", etc. to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thank you,

Allasso Travesser
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fnmatch - Match filename against a pattern

SYNOPSIS
bool fnmatch (string $pattern, string $string, [int $flags]) DESCRIPTION
fnmatch(3) checks if the passed $string would match the given shell wildcard $pattern. PARAMETERS
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+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.3.0 | | | | | | | This function is now available on Windows plat- | | | forms. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
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