bash regrex operator =~

If you're using a recent bash (v3+) suggest bash regex comparison operator =~, i.e.

if [[ "$HOST" =~ ^user.* ]]; then
    echo "yes"

 fi

To match this or that in a regex use |, i.e.

if [[ "$HOST" =~ ^user.*|^host1 ]]; then
    echo "yes"
fi

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The =~ Regular Expression matching operator within a double brackets test expression. (Perl has a similar operator.)
 
 
#!/bin/bash

variable="This is a fine mess."

echo "$variable"

# Regex matching with =~ operator within [[ double brackets ]].
if [[ "$variable" =~ T.........fin*es* ]]
# NOTE: As of version 3.2 of Bash, expression to match no longer quoted.
then
  echo "match found"
      # match found
fi
Or, more usefully:
 
 
#!/bin/bash

input=$1


if [[ "$input" =~ "[0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" ]]
#                 ^ NOTE: Quoting not necessary, as of version 3.2 of Bash.
# NNN-NN-NNNN (where each N is a digit).
then
  echo "Social Security number."
  # Process SSN.
else
  echo "Not a Social Security number!"
  # Or, ask for corrected input.
fi

refer the link

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/bashver3.html#REGEXMATCHREF