I need to run a test in a .bashrc startup script to see whether the machine the user is logging onto is a Solaris or a Linux box (the /home directory is shared between the two, and paths need to be modified according to which OS is being logged into).
Something like this:
if {the first word of "uname -a" is Linux} then echo "You're logging into Linux" else echo "You're logging into something else, probably Solaris" fi
My problem is that I don't know how to match for the first word of "uname -a". I've tried things like:
if [ `uname -a`:0:5} = "Linux" ]
and
if {awk '{ print $1 }' < `uname -a` = "Linux" ]
and etc, but I can't seem to get this figured out.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
-- Kent
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