How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash

Question

I have a string in Bash:

string=\"My string\"

How can I test if it contains another string?

if [ $string ?? \'foo\' ]; then         


        

Answer 1

The generic needle haystack example is following with variables

#!/bin/bash

needle="a_needle"
haystack="a_needle another_needle a_third_needle"
if [[ $haystack == *"$needle"* ]]; then
    echo "needle found"
else
    echo "needle NOT found"
fi