On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:14:45PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: } On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:59:12AM -0600, Kent West wrote: } > 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} } } Why not just use 'uname', which prints Linux on Linux and SunOS on } Solaris?
A good point. } In general, try either: } } if [ "`uname -a | sed -e 's/ .*//'`" = Linux ] } } (fairly straightforward) or: } } UNAME_A="`uname -a`" } if [ "${UNAME_A%% *}" = Linux ] } } (match trailing portion of variable against shell pattern ' *'). Icky! if expr "`uname -a`" : 'Linux ' > /dev/null [...] } Cheers, } Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]