Forum Discussion

Matt_Breedlove_'s avatar
Matt_Breedlove_
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Jun 16, 2014

String glob match for dash or hyphen

Having a probem matching a dash/hyphen in a glob string match inside a switch I tried the classic TCL way to do it which seemed to be to have the hyphen be leading or trailing so it is not seen as ...
  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
    Jun 17, 2014

    I am scratching my head trying to see the difference between the first two examples?

    However this expression should do the trick...

    "[pid][re2][do--]*tools-config.acme.com"
Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
Kevin_Davies_40
Icon for Nacreous rankNacreous

I am scratching my head trying to see the difference between the first two examples?

However this expression should do the trick...

"[pid][re2][do--]*tools-config.acme.com"
Matt_Breedlove_'s avatar
Matt_Breedlove_
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Jun 19, 2014
Thank you Kevin. Yes that worked, doubling the dashes at the end of the line gave me a literal dash : ) It would be great if this information was in the string/glob wiki page