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Old 02-13-2012
Create a condition for a non-included string
hey,

just want to ask how to check this scenario

Code:
a="apple banana cherry"
if [ a does not contain egg ]
    egg=0
fi

how do you do the condition?

thanks!
# 2  
Old 02-14-2012
Code:
a="apple banana cherry"
echo $a | grep -q "egg"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
    egg=0
fi

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# 3  
Old 02-14-2012
If I were writing it to run under Kshell or bash:

Code:
a="apple banana cherry"
if [[ " $a " != *" egg "* ]]
then
    printf "no egg\n"
fi

Last edited by agama; 02-14-2012 at 12:14 AM.. Reason: wording
 
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