string shell pattern match

[Robert Sander]

On 14.06.19 13:49, Hansen, Christoffer wrote:

> So if you create an function to check if the interface name matches a
> certain pattern. And in your if() statement matched against true/false
> return value of function. You should be able to do what you want.

This does not work neither:

function if_external(string ifnamestr)
{
  if ifnamestr ~ "bond0.4[2345]" then return true;
  return false;
}

and later:

export filter {
  if if_external(ifname) then reject;
}

Regards
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Robert Sander
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