Sounds hard, but quite easy…

var=”pattern to find”

string=”Full string where the pattern to find is.”

echo “$string” | grep “$var”

rc=$?

if [[ $rc = 0 ]];then

echo “I found $var in $string”

fi

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I'm a freelance UNIX engineer working in the UK. I'm married to Tina and between us we have six children. I'm a bit of an Apple fan boy, and all the Windows machines in the house are a thing of the past now.

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