rcull | # 21 | 2010-03-11, 19:23 | Report

try

Rick

lma | # 22 | 2010-03-11, 20:03 | Report

Try a pattern matching expression, like this:

gobuki | # 23 | 2010-03-11, 20:22 | Report

Just to mention it: this is a bash feature and not supported by standard shells/busybox.
You should really install a shell with better scripting support if you need regex and follow the countless shell-scripting tutorials on the net - unless maybe you want to deploy it elsewhere. Just make sure you're reading a tutorial for the right shell, since shell scripting != shell scripting.

---

Last edited by gobuki; 2010-03-11 at 20:29. Reason: added: if you need regex

lma | # 24 | 2010-03-12, 05:38 | Report

Wrong, try it!

gobuki | # 25 | 2010-03-12, 12:32 | Report

You are right! I tried it and it works. I'm sorry. But I wonder where this is documented. I had a look at busybox.net and couldn't find anything about scripting or regular expressions. Not even in the manual page: http://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html

Care to give a keyword or link?

SubCore | # 26 | 2010-03-12, 13:39 | Report

the shell built into busybox is the "Almquist shell" (or, more precisely, the debian ash variant.)

your best bet for documentation would probably be this, that's the posix documentation for -compatible shells.

CowboyFromHell | # 27 | 2010-03-13, 01:14 | Report

If you run linux on your PC and ash is installed:
> man ash
contains all of it. Unfortunately man and manpages are not preinstalled on N900 :°(