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Old 05-22-2010
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Originally Posted by gaurav1086
Bash doesnt know regex. If there's a glob, he had had it!.

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I am not referring to bash. I'm referring to awk/perl. If CURR_MP contains a "." or a "*" or a "/" or a "\" or a "[" or a "]" or a "(" or a ")" or a "+" or a "?" or a .... etc ... any character that is special to that flavor or regular expression, the outcome may very well not be the desired fixed string match.

If these characters will not occur in CURR_MP, then the solution is just fine. If they can, and if they must be matched literally, the solution is useless. I'm just pointing it out in case it's an issue.

Regards,
Alister
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Old 05-23-2010
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Originally Posted by alister
I am not referring to bash. I'm referring to awk/perl. If CURR_MP contains a "." or a "*" or a "/" or a "\" or a "[" or a "]" or a "(" or a ")" or a "+" or a "?" or a .... etc ... any character that is special to that flavor or regular expression, the outcome may very well not be the desired fixed string match.

If these characters will not occur in CURR_MP, then the solution is just fine. If they can, and if they must be matched literally, the solution is useless. I'm just pointing it out in case it's an issue.

Regards,
Alister
of course.

Regards,
gaurav.
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