if [[ "$string" =~ ‹pattern› ]]; then
    echo "Match found!"
else
    echo "No match."
fi
pattern="[a-z]+"

if [[ "$string" =~ $pattern ]]; then
    echo "Match found!"
else
    echo "No match."
fi
filename="document.txt"

if [[ "$filename" =~ \.txt$ ]]; then
    echo "Match found!"
else
    echo "No match."
fi

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