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Re: [TCLUG:7564] more bash

On 13 Aug, Phil Mendelsohn wrote:
> So, if you get info back from a command, and want to string compare the
> first 3 characters, don't tell me I have to go do this in Perl or
> something, do you?
> 
> day=`date`
> if [ day = "Fri *" ]; then

Try this:
day=`date`

case "$day" in
  Fri*) command;;
  Sat*) command;;
esac

Note the two ;'s, you need them for the end of each match.
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Jon Schewe 
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