BASH - Pattern Matching Issue

Question

I'm having an issue with pattern matching. I know the solution to this should be relatively simple but I'm stuck. Lets say

for something in ${OPTARG[@]} ; do
[[ ${path} =~ "J"${something} ]]

In this case, I want OPTARG = 1

When I run this it returns all matches to 1 i.e. J112, J174 etc and I ONLY want it to return J1

Any ideas?

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-24 20:52:08Z

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Use $ that matches the end of the string:

[[ $path =~ J$something$ ]]

answered Mar 24, 2020 at 20:52

choroba

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