String Matching.

[ranjank]

Hi All,

I'm writing one script which checks for 1st argument as number or string.Is there any inbuilt function which does string comparison.Any clues on this will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
RK.

 

[PHV]

man test
man expr

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ranjank]

Hi All,

In contnuation of the first mail i want ot do the string matching in bash shell.I have one development product abc with lots of version like 1.2,1.3,1.4 etc in pqr directory.Now if i want to call the particular version from another file like...

$./xyz 1.2

How i can match with the version form pqr directory with that of the command line which i had given.

Regards,
RK.