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regex test in bash

Hi

I want to do a regex test and branch based on the test result, but this doesn't seems to work

if [[ $lastele =~ $[0-9]$ ]]
then
echo success
else
echo failed
fi

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You shouldn't backslash-escape the parentheses. But if your regular expression is that simple, you could also use case instead.

Code:

case $lastele in
  *[0-9]*) echo success;;
  *) echo failed >&2
esac

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