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match-string.bash
#! /bin/bash
VARIABLE="Let's test this string!"
# This is for regular expressions:
if [[ "$VARIABLE" =~ "Let's.*ring" ]]
then
echo "matched"
else
echo "nope"
fi
# And here we have Bash Patterns:
if [[ "$VARIABLE" == L*ing! ]]
then
echo "matched"
else
echo "nope"
fi
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