Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:58:16 -0800 From: Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: /bin/sh starts with check in script Message-ID: <56BB33E8.4080900@gmail.com>
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I came up with this solution to check if variable $line starts with a
hash. Basically I am checking if line is a comment in the configuration
file.
#!/bin/sh
if expr "${line}" : '#.*' > /dev/null; then
echo Ignoring comment line
fi
I had to redirect to /dev/null, because expr prints a number to STDOUT.
Is there a better way to do this kind of string matching check in
/bin/sh (not bash)?
Thanks
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