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On Tuesday 07 November 2006 20:32, Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> I could be missing something, but: |
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> [[ $'\nwombat' =~ $'wombat' ]] && \ |
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> echo "These compare as equal, with or without the leading \n" |
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> They do not compare as equal with the == operator or the = operator. You |
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> probably want the = operator, because the == operator _does_ interpret |
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> the RHS as a glob. The = operator just uses simple string comparison, |
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> without interpreting anything. |
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Interesting. You just asked the regex(3) command if $'\nwombat' contains |
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$'wombat' |
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Maybe you meant to write |
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[[ $'\n'wombat =~ wombat ]] |
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That will still return true |
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[[ wombat =~ $'\n'wombat ]] |
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Will return false, which is what we want as wombat isn't at the start of the |
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line. |
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In my example, I'm trying to match something at the start of a line. |
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Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> |
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