bash check string containt code example

Example 1: checking if a substring exists in a string bash

string='Haystack';

if [[ $string =~ "Needle" ]]
then
   echo "It's there!"
fi

Example 2: check string in bash

#Check equality two string variables

if [ $strval1 == $strval2 ]; then
  echo "Strings are equal"
else
  echo "Strings are not equal"
fi

#Check equality of a variable with a string value

if [ $strval1 == "Ubuntu" ]; then
  echo "Linux operating system"
else
  echo "Windows operating system"
fi

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