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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 01:51:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: Why bash failed to match this pattern?
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Pan ruochen wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My current version of bash on cygwin failed to match this pattern:
> *******************************
> target=3Dar
> if [[ "$target" =3D~ '^a' ]]; then
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0echo Matched
> else
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0echo Unmatched
> fi

Not a Cygwin question.; that fails in any bash.  The quotes suppress
the special meaning of ^ and make it try to match literally.  Lose
them:

if [[ "$target" =3D~ ^a ]]; then
...


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>

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