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Comment: =~ example was wrong. very wrong. and is still mostly wrong.
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| And here's one that uses '[[': | And here's one that uses `=~` (which requires bash 3.0 or higher). This '''only works in bash 3.1''', not in bash 3.2 (and is untested in 3.0): |
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| if [[ $var =~ foo|bar|more ]]; then | if [[ $var =~ '^(foo|bar|more)$' ]]; then |
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I'd just stick with the `case`, myself. --GreyCat |
I want to check if [[ $var == foo || $var == bar || $var == more ]] without repeating $var n times.
Here's a portable solution:
case $var in
foo|bar|more) ... ;;
esacAnd here's one that uses =~ (which requires bash 3.0 or higher). This only works in bash 3.1, not in bash 3.2 (and is untested in 3.0):
if [[ $var =~ '^(foo|bar|more)$' ]]; then
...
fiI'd just stick with the case, myself. --GreyCat