Currently, the only way to make use of regex matching in the shell is
by using "setexpr [g]sub" command. That's rather awkward for asking
whether a string matches a regex. At the very least, it requires
providing setexpr with a dummy target variable, but also, the return
value of setexpr doesn't say whether any substitutions were done, so
one would have to do some roundabout thing like
env set dummy "${string_to_test}"
setexpr sub dummy '<some regex>' ''
if test "${dummy}" != "${string_to_test}" ; then ...
When CONFIG_REGEX is set, teach the test command a new operator, =~,
which will allow one to more naturally write
if test "${string_to_test}" =~ '<some regex>' ; then ...
The =~ operator with similar functionality is also supported in bash
when using its "extended" test operator [[ ]].
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>
Rasmus VillemoesandTom Rini
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