Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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
For yet another approach: case `uname -a` in Linux*) echo "You're logging into Linux" ;; *) echo "You're logging into something else, probably Solaris" ;; esac Which has the minor advantage of only using shell primitives, aside from the call out to uname itself. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]