8

i wrote the following script. It will be used in a build process later. My goal is to decide whether it's a pre release or a release. To archive this i compare $release to a RegEx. If my RegEx matches it's a pre release, if not it's a release.

#/bin/bash
release="1.9.2-alpha1"
echo "$release"
if [[ "$release" =~ \d+\.\d+\.\d+[-]+.* ]];then
echo "Pre"
else
echo "Release"
fi

But as result i always end up with the following:

~$ bash releasescript.sh
1.9.2-alpha1
Release

Version:

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

I used this editor to test my RegEx. I'm stuck for at least 6h, so i would appreciate some help greatly.

0

1 Answer 1

13

\d and \w don't work in POSIX regular expressions, you could use [[:digit:]] though

#/bin/bash
release="1.9.2-alpha1"
echo "$release"
LANG=C # This needed only if script will be used in locales where digits not 0-9
if [[ "$release" =~ ^[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+-+ ]];then
echo "Pre"
else
echo "Release"
fi

I have tested this script, it output "Pre" for given $release

Checked out your regex builder, it works only with perl compatible and javascript regex, while you need posix, or posix extended.

By @dessert:

[0-9] is the shorter alternative to [[:digit:]]. As the beginning of the string is to be matched, one should add ^, while .* at the end is superfluous: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-+ – using a group this can be further shortened to: ^([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+-+

4
  • 4
    Beat me to it! Also, fwiw if you'd used shellcheck then it has a warning "SC1001: This \d will be a regular 'd' in this context.", which is quite helpful. Other answers.
    – pbhj
    May 16, 2019 at 10:45
  • 2
    Is [0-9] equivalent to [[:digit:]] though? I was under the impression that POSIX character classes match Unicode characters, so could very well match digits in languages that don't use 0-9.
    – Fax
    May 16, 2019 at 12:38
  • @Fax Not sure about [0-9] but [A-Z] match unicode characters, the way to change that is only set locale by LANG=C
    – LeonidMew
    May 16, 2019 at 12:46
  • 1
    @Fax "Is [0-9] equivalent to [[:digit:]] though?" TIL that the answer is no. May 16, 2019 at 20:25

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .