You could do something else entirely, like: larry$ a=a larry$ echo $list a|b|c larry$ [[ $list =~ $a ]] && echo hi || echo ho hi larry$ a=d larry$ [[ $list =~ $a ]] && echo hi || echo ho ho
or [[ "$(ls /clamscan/servers)" =~ $target_system ]] && parm_1="valid" (assuming no system name is a subset of another system name. Otherwise: [[ "$(ls /clamscan/servers)" =~ " $target_system " ]] && parm_1="valid" to ensure $target_system matches exactly and all of one file name in /clamscan/servers, but the $target_system token has to be in the first column. or, of course, you could go the direct route: [[ -f /clamscan/servers/$target_system ]] && parm_1="valid" James Melin wrote:
I am trying to get away from hard coded server names in a script using case for valid name check This works but is not good because as soon as you add a new server to the NFS mountpoint list the script this is from has to be changed. case $target_system in abinodji | calhoun | itasca | nokomis | pepin | phalen | vadnais | bemidji | millpond | mudlake | terrapin | hadley | hyland ) parm_1="valid";; esac So I tried several variants of this: space=" " delim=" | " raw_list=`ls /clamscan/servers` #read list of mountpoints cooked_list=$(echo $raw_list | sed -e "s:$space:$delim:g") #replace space with case-happy delimiters echo "Raw list = "$raw_list echo "cooked list = "$cooked_list case $target_system in $cooked_list ) parm_1="valid" ;; esac But even though the display of 'cooked_list' seems to be what I want it to be, this never returns a match. Anyone see where I missed the turnip truck on this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
-- Carnegie Institution - At the Frontiers of Science Larry Ploetz Systems Administrator Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Plant Biology, TAIR 650 325 1521 x 296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
