String Match Comparison

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Greetings Guys,

I am currently creating a frontend for a dropable application in Mac OS, for the backend I am using sh/bash.

Currently I have a for look checking to see if it a directory, however I have been unable to find a way to check and see if a string/variable contains .kext.

Mainly I want to check command line arg and throw it in an if != loop if it ($2) does not contain .kext in it.

Regards,

Mofo-X

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Re: String Match Comparison

This checks $2 to see if ".kext" is anywhere in the $2 parameter

Shell Scripting Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
echo "$2" | grep -q '.kext'
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then   
  echo '.kext found'
else
  echo '.kext not found'
fi
echo "$2" | grep -q '.kext'
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then   
  echo '.kext found'
else
  echo '.kext not found'
fi

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Re: String Match Comparison

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if [[ $2 != *.kext* ]] ; then
   ...
fi
if [[ $2 != *.kext* ]] ; then
   ...
fi

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