Hello, I am writing a script to determine if a serial mouse is connected to the local system. So far I have:
#!/bin/bash SMOUSE=$(/bin/grep -i "serial" /etc/sysconfig/mouse) if [ $SMOUSE = "" ]; then echo "There is not a serial mouse attached to this system." else echo "A serial mouse is attached to this system." fi However, this script fails because there is a space or newline character or something in the grep output. I have considered taking another approach, such as looking for the word serial in the grep output, but I am unsure how to do this. If I add the following line: echo $SMOUSE the value that is returned on my system with a serial mouse is: FULLNAME="Generic - 3 Button Mouse (serial)" but I do not know how to determine if the string "serial" exists in the variable SMOUSE in terms of the 'if' statement. Can anyone please suggest how I can make this script work. Regards, Matthew Richards -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
