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Hello

I have a var="STEPHEN,GRIFFITHS"

how can i check to see if a variable contains a certain character, ie a comma (,)

Thanks

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if echo "$var" | grep "," >/dev/null 2>&1
then
  echo "Variable contains char."
else
  echo "Variable does not contain char."
fi
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