On 2/5/11 8:51 AM, Emmett Culley wrote: > I have a bash script I've been using in CentOS that no longer works in Fedora 14. The pertinent lines are: > > mac=`echo $2 | tr a-z A-Z` > if [[ "$mac" =~ '[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]' ]]; then > echo 'good' > else > echo 'Invalid MAC address' > fi > > In CentOS or RHEL5 setting parameter 2 = 00:00:00:00:af:df works as expected, but not in Fedora. By adding -x to the first line of the script the output to the terminal in CentOS looks like this: > > ++ echo 00:00:00:00:af:df > ++ tr a-z A-Z > + mac=00:00:00:00:AF:DF > + [[ 00:00:00:00:AF:DF =~ [0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F] ]] > + echo good > good > > In Fedora it looks like this: > > ++ echo 00:00:00:00:af:df > ++ tr a-z A-Z > + mac=00:00:00:00:AF:DF > + [[ 00:00:00:00:AF:DF =~ \[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F]:\[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F]:\[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F]:\[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F]:\[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F]:\[0-9A-F]\[0-9A-F] ]] > + echo 'Invalid MAC address' > Invalid MAC address > > Note the "\" before each "[" in the regular expression. > That is an error as BASH in FC14 is trying to escape the left bracket and should not be doing so. Check the FC bugzilla and if there is not a bug report, file one. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
