[X-Unix] bash problem: `expr index $somestring somepattern` fails

[Steffen Lund Hokland]

> I'm not familiar with this use of expr(1).  It doesn't appear to be
> a built-in bash command.
Thanks, I solved it using different means: ${string##RE} etc. It's 
weird though, The Adv. Bash Scripting Guided uses the method I 
described extensively.....

All the best,
Steffen


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