On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:39:59AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > # string if [ "`hostname`" = bob ]; then echo bob.cfg; fi > > I need for the case when evaluates to marybobsam . > I can find examples in bash shell, but I need dash.
Are you asking how to check for the substring "bob" in your input, in POSIX sh? Use case, and a glob: case $input in *bob*) echo "Bob found." ;; esac case $(hostname) in *bob*) echo "I must be a Bob." ;; esac