yitz_ 1332783944 learn To check if a var contains a substring: var='something here'; if [[ $var = *thing* ]]; then echo "$var contains 'thing'"; fi yitz_ 1332784104 forget yitz_ 1332784130 learn To check if a var contains a substring - see !faq 41 - var='something here'; if [[ $var = *thing* ]]; then echo "$var contains 'thing'"; fi yitz_ 1332784182 forget yitz_ 1332784198 learn To check if a var contains a substring: var='something here'; if [[ $var = *thing* ]]; then echo "$var contains 'thing'"; fi - See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/041