Shell Programming and Scripting

Originally Posted by matthewfs

sorry the /* is wrong it should be \* and its "\*" a string. I will run the command and check it out (the od -c command)

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So i found out the output of

Code:

echo "$domain"|od -c

is

Code:

0000000   *  \n
0000002

which is right because i am trying to pass an asterisks as the first parameter when i call my script. But when the script runs , checks the parameter and get to the asterisk part of my if statement, it does not go through. Here is the part of the if statement that check for the asterisks

Code:

elif [ "$(echo $domain | egrep '^\\*$')" != "" ]; then
        checkItem

I know the whole if statement whole because for every other condition i get the right output. BUt when i enter a asterisks as a parameter, checkItem function does not get called. I have a feeling its the regular expression.