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Old 03-30-2011
Help with bash "if" and upper lower case
I am trying to scan a file-name looking for the word "flag" however, I want to ignore case. So whether the file contains upper or lower case "FLAG" i want to do something. This is a bash script. Here is the code I am developing.
Code:
if [[ "$1" =~ "FLAG" ]]; then

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-31-2011 at 07:10 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
Harleyrci
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Old 03-31-2011
If you want to match words then use equal to sigh (=) alone ~ is not needed and remove the quotes surrounding $1.
Code:
if [[ $1 = "FLAG" || $1 = "flag" ]] # matches the given 2 combination
or
if [[ $1 = [Ff][Ll][Aa][Gg] ]] # matches any combination of word flag

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Old 03-31-2011
Thanks. I like the second option the best. Thanks for the help.
Harleyrci
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