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On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:19:53 +0200
Thomas Keusch <fwd@bsd-solutions-duesseldorf.de> wrote:


> tk@eternity:~$ b=5
> tk@eternity:~$ case "$b" in 
> > [0-9] ) 
> >         echo numeric 
> >         ;;
> > * ) 
> >         echo alpha 
> >         ;;
> > esac
> numeric
> tk@eternity:~$
> 
> Works for me.

Now try it with 10.