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

msg="message"

function check {
    echo $msg | egrep [abc] 1> /dev/null

    if [ $? -ne 1 ];
    then 
        echo "found" 
    else 
        echo "not found" 
    fi
}

check

This will find any occurance of a or b or c