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Old 09-04-2019
Check if string variable is a subset of another string variable
Below is my ksh shell script where I need to check if variable fileprops is a subset of $1 argument.

Code:
       echo "FILE PROPERTY: $fileprops"
        echo "PARAMETER3: $1"

        if [ "$1" == *"$fileprops"*  ]; then
           echo "We are Good. $line FILE is found to be INTACT !! "
        else
           echo "Problem on Target Server !! The file $line WAS TAMPERED. Exiting..." 
           exit 1;
        fi

I was expecting the condition to pass but it fails. See output below where fileprops is actually a subset of $1.




FILE PROPERTY:
Code:
 -rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295

PARAMETER1:
Code:
10.7.44.37\\n-rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295\\n-rw-rw-r-- user1 2019-08-30 17:31 /fin/app/01/sql/33211.sql 4294967295\\n10.7.44.34\\n-rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295\\n-rw-rw-r-- user1 2019-08-30 17:31 /fin/app/01/sql/33211.sql 4294967295

Output:
Code:
Problem on Target Server !! The file /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src WAS TAMPERED. Exiting...

Note: parameter1 is passed in single quotes and this is required.

Can you please suggest
Last edited by Akshay Hegde; 09-04-2019 at 08:42 AM.. Reason: quote tags to code tags, and formatting.
# 2  
Old 09-04-2019
Code:
$ cat check.sh
fileprops="-rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295"
echo "FILE PROPERTY: $fileprops"
        echo "PARAMETER3: $1"

        if [[ "$1" == *"$fileprops"*  ]]; then
           echo "We are Good. $line FILE is found to be INTACT !! "
        else
           echo "Problem on Target Server !! The file $line WAS TAMPERED. Exiting..."
           exit 1;
        fi
$ ./check.sh '10.7.44.37\\n-rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295\\n-rw-rw-r-- >
FILE PROPERTY: -rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295
PARAMETER3: 10.7.44.37\\n-rwxrwxrwx user1 2019-08-31 17:36 /fin/app/01/scripts/filename6.src 4294967295\\n-rw-rw-r-- user1 2019-08-30 17:31
We are Good.  FILE is found to be INTACT !!

# 3  
Old 09-04-2019
Code:
full=helloworld
part=low 
if [[ $full =~ $part ]] ; then
  echo bingo
fi

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