try not to use the quote... [[ "$*" =~ .* ]] it seems the behiavor changed between 3.1.* and 3.2.*
from the NEWS file: " Quoting the string argument to the [[ command's =~ operator now forces string matching, as with the other pattern-matching operators." somebody posted here before. On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 23:40 -0600, Terry Raitt wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i386 > OS: freebsd5.3 > Compiler: cc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='freebsd5.3' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-portbld-freebsd5.3' > -DCONF_VENDOR='portbld' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' > -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib > -I/usr/local/include -O -pipe > uname output: FreeBSD zeus.layeredtech.com 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE > #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > Machine Type: i386-portbld-freebsd5.3 > > Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 25 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Bash =~ regex does not work as it did in bash 3.1.17 > > Repeat-By: > # cat test.bashregex.sh > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > > bash --version > echo ; > > > if [[ "$*" =~ ".*" ]]; > then > echo "The =~ regex works!"; > else > echo "The =~ regex fails!"; > fi > > > # cp -p /usr/local/bin/bash3.1.17 /usr/local/bin/bash > # ./test.bashregex.sh hello > GNU bash, version 3.1.17(0)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) > Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > > The =~ regex works! > > > # cp -p /usr/local/bin/bash3.2.25 /usr/local/bin/bash > # ./test.bashregex.sh hello > GNU bash, version 3.2.25(0)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) > Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > > The =~ regex fails! > > > [Describe the sequence of events that causes the problem > to occur.] > > Fix: > [Description of how to fix the problem. If you don't know a > fix for the problem, don't include this section.] > >
