Re: bash: how to check if first character of string is "/"?

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Subject: Re: bash: how to check if first character of string is "/"?
From: Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:24:46 -0400
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Bill Meier wrote:

How about using Bash substring expansion:

     if [ "x${VAR:0:1}" = "x" ] ; then ...


Oops: Sorry for the noise. I missed the earlier replies.....

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- bash: how to check if first character of string is "/"?
  - From: Robert P. J. Day
- Re: bash: how to check if first character of string is "/"?
  - From: Bill Meier

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