string match question 1

[watergrinder]

I want to see if a string has a word. Ex: $x has "DATA"
Could that be done using match? i.e If the string has word, echo yes otherwise echo no

 

[sedj]

Try somehting like :

if [ $var == "hello" ]
then
  echo "got it"
else 
  echo "nope"
fi

 

[watergrinder]

Thanks but I am looking for a pattern in a string. Something like a substring. Not the entire string.

 

[watergrinder]

Any ideas?

 

[stefanwagner]

stringinstring () {
case "$2" in *$1*)
return 0
;;
esac
return 1
}

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[toolkit]

How about:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
x="dijowqjodjqojdojojiqoidjowjiDATAqwdqpojdqoijdjiqwj2"
y="dijowqjojdojojiqoidjowjidqoijdjiqwj2"
for var in $x $y
do
    z=${var/DATA/}
    if [ $z != $var ] ; then
        echo "$var contains DATA"
    else
        echo "$var does not contain DATA"
    fi
done

Cheers, Neil

 

[watergrinder]

toolkit, Thanks. But it's giving the following:

test.sh[6]: z=${var/DATA/}: The specified substitution is not valid for this command.

 

[toolkit]

This might be for bash only. What shell are you using?
As stefanwagner suggested, this may be more portable:

#!/bin/sh
a="oqqiquiudqhdiDATAdqjwodqji"
b="jqihdqudyqugdyqgdugyqugyug"
for var in $a $b
do
    case $var in
        *DATA*)
            echo "$var yes";;
        *)
            echo "$var no";;
    esac
done

Cheers, Neil

 

[vgersh99]

#!/bin/ksh
a="oqqiquiudqhdiDATAdqjwodqji"
b="jqihdqudyqugdyqgdugyqugyug"

for var in $a $b
do
  if [[ ${var} == @(*DATA*) ]]; then
     echo "$var yes";
  else    
     echo "$var no";
  fi;
done;

vlad
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[johngiggs]

Vlad,

I believe == should just be =.

#!/bin/ksh
a="oqqiquiudqhdiDATAdqjwodqji"
b="jqihdqudyqugdyqgdugyqugyug"

for var in $a $b
do
  if [[ ${var} = @(*DATA*) ]]; then
     echo "$var yes";
  else    
     echo "$var no";
  fi;
done;

John

 

[vgersh99]

sorry - my bad!

vlad
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