Simple bash regex example
03 Feb 2010Since versions 3 bash has included a simple regular expression operation =~
Below is a simple example of it in action
######### example code #########
#search for a process and print specific section
ps=`ps aux | grep stuff | awk '{print $12 "_" $13}' `
#do some stuff
if [[ $ps =~ "something im looking for" ]]; then
#do what you want
fi
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