Shorter expression.....

[octopus]

I'm trying to wrap my head around this..... (small head).
Try to have this shorter, have tried several ideas but no success. maybe some have any idea..

if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && [ "$var" = "client1" ] || [ "$var" = "client2" ] || [ "$var" = "client3" ] || [ "$var" = "client4" ] || [ "$var" = "client5" ]; then"

Tried: if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && [ "$var" = "client[1-5]" ]; then
and that not working.

Thanks
Octtopus

 

[Adamm]

I'm trying to wrap my head around this..... (small head).
Try to have this shorter, have tried several ideas but no success. maybe some have any idea..

if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && [ "$var" = "client1" ] || [ "$var" = "client2" ] || [ "$var" = "client3" ] || [ "$var" = "client4" ] || [ "$var" = "client5" ]; then"

Tried: if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && [ "$var" = "client[1-5]" ]; then
and that not working.

Thanks
Octtopus

if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && echo "$var" | grep -qwE "client[1-5]"; then

 

[octopus]

if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && echo "$var" | grep -qwE "client[1-5]"; then

Thank you, works perfectly.

 

[L&LD]

What does this do?

 

[octopus]

What does this do?

Its a shorter expression to this

if [ "$vpn" = "route-up" ] && [ "$var" = "client1" ] || [ "$var" = "client2" ] || [ "$var" = "client3" ] || [ "$var" = "client4" ] || [ "$var" = "client5" ]; then

 

[L&LD]

@octopus, I don't know if you're trying to be funny?

I know it's a shorter, expression... but, what does that expression do?

 

[octopus]

@octopus, I don't know if you're trying to be funny?

You never know

@octopus,
I know it's a shorter, expression... but, what does that expression do?

it's checking $var if in range 1-5

 

[thelonelycoder]

@octopus, I don't know if you're trying to be funny?

I know it's a shorter, expression... but, what does that expression do?

Don't run that code, it's just a snippet from a larger file