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Old 02-03-2010, 06:56 AM   #1
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ignore case in if statement shell scripting

How do i make my strings case-insensitive while comparing them with an if statement?

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Old 02-03-2010, 07:46 AM   #2
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Before testing, enable shell option nocasematch:
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shopt -s nocasematch
 
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Or you can convert the case of your variables:

^^ or ,, works in version 4 of bash (http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/bashver...ASEMODPARAMSUB)

Or use tr to change case.
 
  


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