I want to call a function ONLY when the file name ends with .request but somehow it calls the function if request is sub-string.
I marked with red and green the imported parts, on the right it's the output
for file in ${filesOrDir[*]}; do
if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
if [[ "$file"=*[".request"] ]]; then
# Enters here when .request is a substring.
fi
fi
if [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
# ... some logics
fi
done
Try to use: [[ $file == *.request ]]
handle-request.sh is a helping script for checking file names.
handle-request.sh:
while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
if [[ $line == *.request ]]; then
echo $line
fi
done < "$1"
Explanation: reference
IFS='' (or IFS=) prevents leading/trailing whitespace from being trimmed.
-r prevents backslash escapes from being interpreted.
|| [[ -n $line ]] prevents the last line from being ignored if it doesn't end with a \n (since read returns a non-zero exit code when it encounters EOF).
input file:
hello.request
.request.hello
file name with space.request
Output:
hello.request
file name with space.request