Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:24:28 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Subject: Re: shell scripting problems Message-ID: <200811291524.28632.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90811282058k8215023r80e497fa5d857c40@mail.gmail.com> References: <ade45ae90811282058k8215023r80e497fa5d857c40@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 29 November 2008 05:58:44 Tim Judd wrote:
> In the shell script, i have a
> pkg_info -qLx "^$PKG-[0-9,._]+$"
> also tried (-X)tended regex instead of the standard rege(-x).
pkg_info -qLx "^${PKG}-[0-9,\._]+\$"
-- 1-- -2-
@1: shell evaluates before regex. Use braces so that end of variable is
explicit
@2: this shouldn't be evaluated by the shell, so escape it with a backslash.
It's passed as dollar sign to the command.
Also, I'm relatively sure it needs -X for the + sign, but haven't tested.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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