Thread: Matching strings in bash

i'm having nightmare understanding string matching in bash:

code:

#!/bin/bash #migrate.sh #0.01 test run  filename=lolroflcopter_win.woot  (( i=0; i<${#filename}; i++ ))         if [[ $filename:$i:1 == l ]]                         echo "found blighter!"         fi          echo ${filename:$i:1} done

for neither love nor money, can't $filename:$i:1 match "l". i've tried single brackets (not entirely sure how differs), encapsulating variable in quotes, removing spaces (nor sure why spaces matter), , else can think of.

many google searches have resulted in various syntaxes, none of working in application. can tell me going wrong?

hi, try:

code:

if [[ "${filename:i:1}" == "l" ]]

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