#!/bin/sh

# StringContainsSymbol.sh
# Wed Mar 18 16:19:59 PDT 2009
# Chieh Cheng
# http://www.CynosureX.com/

# GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991

  scriptName=`basename "$0"`

  usage ()
  {
    echo "  Usage:   ${scriptName} \"string\""
  }

  if [ $# -eq 1 ]
  then
    str="$1"

    # regular expression missing ']', because as soon as I put it
    # in, it fails to recognize symbols.

    echo "${str}" | grep -c "[\!\@\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)\-\_\+\=\{\}\:\:\"\'\<\>\,\.\[\?\/\~\`\\]"
  else
    usage
  fi