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Old 03-27-2002
how to check if the argument contain wildcard (*,?) ?

In a script , i would like to check if the argument ( $1, $2 inside the script) contain wildcard (*,? etc). how do i do it?

> script_name arg1 arg*

$1 (arg1) does not contain wildcard, but $2 (arg* )contains wildcard. how can i tell in script?

i need to do this is because :

if arg1 (not contain *,? ) do ...
else (contain *,?...) do ....

clear?

thks
 

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