The argument enter on the command line is a first and last name ( for example: "John Smith").
If the argument is a validly formatted name, you display The "name enter" is valid to standard out.
If the argument is not a validly formated name, you display The "name enter" is not valid to standard out
For Example,
$ valid_name "John Smith" John Smith is valid =========
$ valid_name "John smith" John smith is not valid =========
$ valid_name "John" John is not valid
==========
$ valid_name "jOhn Smith" jOhn Smith is not valid ===========
$ valid_name "John sMith" John sMith is not valid
This is what I have so far:
Code:
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then echo usage: enter 1 agrument
exit 1
fi
if [ "$1" = $( ]
then echo $1 is valid
else echo $1 is not valid
fi
I need to use grep or sed somehow right? I cannot figure this out for the life of me.
Please help.
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Now I have this but I need help with the pattern to make all the examples work:
Code:
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then echo usage: enter 1 agrument
exit 1
fi
if [ "$1" = "$(echo $1 | grep '[A-Z]*\ [A-Z]*')" ]
then echo $1 is valid
else echo $1 is not valid
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knife-configure - Generate configuration files for knife or Chef Client
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knife configure [client] (options)
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Please enter the chef server URL: [http://localhost:4000]
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