12-30-2008
Regular Expressions in If clause
Hi All,
I have a set of files in my directory like BED123C.txt, SED134F.txt,DEF567DF.txt. I want to execute separate scripts based on the file names.
I am using the following block of the code for this
for EachFile in `ls`
do
if [ EachFile = "B*" ]
then
sh Exe1.sh
fi
if [ EachFile = "S*" ]
then
sh Exe2.sh
fi
done
But it is not producing the desired result.
Can any one help me how to use regular expressions in if Condition in unix scripting?
Thanks in advance,
-- Raam.
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