bash operator: =~ equal tilde operator
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The operator =~ is used in if-constructs to test a variable against a regular expression.
#!/bin/bash
if ! [[ "$1" =~ [^a-zA-Z0-9] ]]; then
echo "$1 is NOT alphanumeric."
else
echo "$1 is alphanumeric"
fi