MATCHES

Section: User Commands (1)
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NAME

matches - test if string2 is contained in string1

SYNOPSIS

matches string1 string2

DESCRIPTION

Matches returns a 0 if string2 is contained in string1, otherwise it returns a 1.

Matches is designed to be used by Pcomm in a shell script for automatically logging a user onto a remote system.

EXAMPLE

        # read some input
        read junk
        # test to see the string matches 'login failed'
        matches $junk 'login failed'
        # test the exit code of the matches command
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]
        then
                exit 1
        fi

SEE ALSO

pcomm(1), waitfor(1), modem_break(1), Pcomm Reference Manual

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO

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