[clug] sh scripts and =~ in csh

[Kim Holburn]

None of the other solutions are good.  Here is one that works fine in  
sh (any sh)

answer="yes"
case "$answer" in
y*)
   dostuff;;
esac

On 2007/Sep/11, at 4:32 AM, Andrew Janke wrote:

> Just "sh-ifying" and old csh script that has been lying about and
> cannot for the life of me remember the equivalent of this in sh...
>
> set answer = "yes"
> if ("$answer" =~ y*) then
>    dostuff
> endif
>
> ie: what is the equivalent of =~?
>
> ta
>
>
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