How to use a shell to determine if a variable contains …
In a Shell script, you can use the following method to determine if a variable contains a specific string:
- if
- Can you please rephrase the following sentence for me?
Could you kindly paraphrase the following phrase?
if [[ $variable == *substring* ]]; then
echo "Variable contains substring"
else
echo "Variable does not contain substring"
fi
- in case
- example
case $variable in
*substring*)
echo "Variable contains substring"
;;
*)
echo "Variable does not contain substring"
;;
esac
- in case
- Can you lend me a hand?
if [ "${variable}" = *substring* ]; then
echo "Variable contains substring"
else
echo "Variable does not contain substring"
fi
Please choose one of the methods based on your specific needs to determine whether a variable contains a certain string. Replace “variable” with the name of the variable you want to check and “substring” with the string you want to match.