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what is wrong with this expr line

It keeps giving me expr syntax error.

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expr "${etherline[*]}" : ’.*no match found’ 2>&1 >/dev/null

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try putting it in double quote..

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expr "${etherline[*]}" : ".*no match found" 2>&1 >/dev/null

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