Re: Q: Help needed - works on Linux RH9 but not on a Solaris box

From: Ed Morton (mortonAVOIDINGSPAM_at_Lucent.com)
Date: 09/04/03 

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 11:11:07 -0500

On 9/4/2003 11:05 AM, Troll wrote:
> Thanks Joe.
>
> So change it to something like?:
> $variable = `echo $1 | grep -c "[^0-9+-]"`
> if $variable -gt 0

Don't forget the [ and ].

Alternative 1, still echo-ing and grep-ing:

echo $1 | grep "[^0-9+-]" > /dev/null
if [ $? = 0 ]

Alternative 2, no echo, no grep:

case "$1" in
        *[0-9+-]* ) echo good ;;
        * ) echo bad ;;
esac

Regards,

        Ed.

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