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detect a char in a string (ksh)

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Hello, I try to detect the presence of a char in a string. This is korn shell. mystring="1234-" mychar="-" if [ mystring includes mychar ] ; then exist=1 else exist=0 fi What should I write instead of [ mystrinf includes mychar ] ? Thanx !! M

Name: James Boothe
Date: April 23, 2003 at 12:59:24 Pacific

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Here's one way ... mystring="1234-" mychar="-" if [ $(expr "$mystring" : ".*-") -gt 0 ] ; then    exist=1 else    exist=0 fi

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