#!/bin/bash

# regex-play
#
# it looks to see if lines in its command-line arguments
#     match a particular BRE
#
# by: Sharon Tuttle
# last modified: 2022-10-17

# for each command-line argument string,
#    print whether it matches the BRE aa*

for i in "$@"
do
    if [[ "$i" =~ aa* ]]
    then
        echo "matched:  [$i]"
    else
        echo "NO match: [$i]"
    fi
done