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Rev

Thank you! I was not sure how to use the [[]] if in this context though I had found it used elsewhere online. The use of awk is creative.

dotancohen
– dotancohen

2014-07-16 12:18:57 +00:00
Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 12:18
No problem! The use of double braces here is actually not necessary, and it's a Bash only syntax that's only really required for using Bash regex =~ or glob comparisons against variables like case does with *. I've updated the post to use the single braces which makes it POSIX shell compliant.

John B
– John B

2014-07-16 12:40:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 12:40
I see, thanks. I'm looking at some of your older posts as well to learn some Bash as you give excellent examples. Thank you!

dotancohen
– dotancohen

2014-07-16 12:43:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 12:43

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