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Re: how to search for a substring in a parameter?

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: Carlos Carvalho <carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: how to search for a substring in a parameter?
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:26:47 +0000
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Carlos Carvalho wrote:
>I'm trying to see if the value of a parameter contains a given string
>but didn't find an elegant way.

	if [[ $parameter == *given_string* ]]; then
		# yes
	else
		# no
	fi

-zefram

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- how to search for a substring in a parameter?
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