If there is a line break, use \n in the expression
nwat...@symcor.com wrote:
> This
> "reg" string => "OpenSSH";
> "str" string => "SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
> newline"; # Continued from previous line
>
> classes:
>
> "port" expression => regcmp(".*${reg}.*","${str}");
>
> Should match. In my previous post the example die not match. I suspect
> this is because of the new line. Further I am not comfortable with having
> to prefix and append with '.*'. This goes against regex convention. For
> example:
>
> [nwat...@unxxhd01 inputs]$ echo "SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
>> newline"|pcregrep "OpenSSH"
> SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
>
> [nwat...@unxxhd01 inputs]$ echo "SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
> newline"|grep "OpenSSH"
> SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
>
> [nwat...@unxxhd01 inputs]$ echo "SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
> newline"|sed -n "/OpenSSH/p"
> SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
>
> [nwat...@unxxhd01 inputs]$ echo "SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
> newline"|perl -ne '/OpenSSH/ && print'
> SSH-OpenSSH-4.3
>
> In each case making the regex equal to "OpenSSH" is enough to get match.
> Cfengine seems to require '.*' before and after making it somewhere
> between a literal string and a regular expression.
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Neil Watson
> 416-673-3465
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