Help--Using wildcards in string comparison

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,

I want to compare two strings using wild cards.

In the file run_test i have

if [ "$1" = "*default*" ] ; then
cp ../stimulus/default_value.in ../log/$1.log
fi

When I issue the command run_test i2c_default_test in the command line, the cp command is not executed.
Whereas if i give the following code, the cp command gets ececuted.

if [ "$1" = "i2c_default_test" ] ; then
cp ../stimulus/default_value.in ../log/$1.log
fi

There are many tests with the "default" name. Hence i dont want to add if statement for every test. Can anyone tell me where i am going wrong in using the wild card comparison operator "*"

Thanks,
Deepa

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if [ "$1" = "*default*" ] ; then
cp ../stimulus/default_value.in ../log/$1.log
fi

When I issue the command run_test i2c_default_test in the command line, the cp command is not executed.
Whereas if i give the following code, the cp command gets ececuted.

if [ "$1" = "i2c_default_test" ] ; then
cp ../stimulus/default_value.in ../log/$1.log
fi

There are many tests with the "default" name. Hence i dont want to add if statement for every test. Can anyone tell me where i am going wrong in using the wild card comparison operator "*"
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The test command (a.k.a. [) doesn't take wildcards; it matches strings not patterns.

Use a case statement:

case $1 in
     *default*) cp ../stimulus/default_value.in ../log/$1.log ;;
esac
3

Thanks for the post. Needed the info as well.:b: