On 9/29/11 1:46 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> An additional binary operator, =~, is available, with the same
> precedence as == and !=. When it is used, the string to the
> right of the operator is considered an extended regular
> expression and matched accordingly (as in regex(3)). The return
> value is 0 if the string matches the pattern, and 1 otherwise.
> If the regular expression is syntactically incorrect, the
> conditional expression's return value is 2. If the shell option
> nocasematch is enabled, the match is performed without regard to
> the case of alphabetic characters. Any part of the pattern may
> be quoted to force it to be matched as a string.
>
> The last sentence in the quote above.
I've changed that line in the current version of the manual page. It
now reads:
`Any part of the pattern may be quoted to force the quoted portion
to be matched as a string.'
Chet
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