bash check if string contains code example
Example 1: check if variable contains string bash
STRING='Hello world'
if [[ $STRING =~ "Hello" ]] ; then echo "It's here" ; fi
Example 2: checking if a substring exists in a string bash
string='Haystack';
if [[ $string =~ "Needle" ]]
then
echo "It's there!"
fi
Example 3: bash if file contains string
if grep -q SomeString "$File"; then
Some Actions # SomeString was found
fi
Example 4: bash substring test
#!/bin/bash
STR='GNU/Linux is an operating system'
SUB='Linux'
if [[ "$STR" =~ .*"$SUB".* ]]; then
echo "It's there."
fi
Example 5: bash if substring
string='Hi substring' #To check if string has "Mylong" substring do
if [[ $string == *"substring"* ]]; then
echo "String has substring"
fi