Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello
i am trying to use the wildcards with the if statement but it is displaying the error like this one

if [ $1=[0-9]* | *[0-9]* | *[0-9] ]
Any body can help me to for using the wild card option in the if case but i have used this code and working well with the case statement to enter the name without the integer number checks.
I thank in advance,
bye

What are you trying to do? Some shells support pattern-matching, but you are asking a question that sounfds like a Winodws question. IF you tell us what you need to do rather than how you think it should be done we can help.

Thank u vey much for giving me reply. I am trying to applying the check on the name argument. If any body enter the name that consists of integer then there should be message that ur name is invalid. Name argument should accept only the alphabets letters.
Thanks in advance

The old bourne shell only supports reqular expressions in the case statement. If you switch to bash or ksh and you switch to the modern if statement (if [[ condition ]] ; then) you can use wildcards and pattern matching.

Thank u vey much for giving me reply. Can u give me one example for this one. I am trying to applying the check on the name argument. If any body enter the name that consists of integer then there should be message that ur name is invalid. Name argument should accept only the alphabets letters.
Thanks in advance
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Example:

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ksh

needval=1

while ((needval)) ; do
        read val?'Enter a number - '
        if [[ $val = ?(+|-)+([0-9]) ]] ; then
                needval=0
        else
                echo $val is not an integer
        fi
done

echo val = $val
exit 0

This is the reverse of what you want, but it's a good example. An integer is some digits possibly preceded by one minus sign or one plus sign. We loop until we get what we want.

Use "ckstr" if available

# ckstr -r "^[^0-9]*$" -e "Invalid input" -p "Enter a value without integers"

Enter a value without integers [?,q] asd34sdf
ERROR: Invalid input

Enter a value without integers [?,q] 1ads
ERROR: Invalid input

Enter a value without integers [?,q] sad4
ERROR: Invalid input

Enter a value without integers [?,q] 234
ERROR: Invalid input

Enter a value without integers [?,q] sfdsfds
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