Need a bit of scripting help. I have a very small script with a case statement. The object of the case statement is derived from the dmidecode command to determine the type of machine it is, if possible. It works fine, but we're finding that a lot of the HP type machines respond with a model number plus other information. For example, we might get these two: HP Compaq dc7700 30GB6000 HP Compaq dc7700 60GB6000 Those are completely made up, the point being that we want to match on just "HP Compaq dc7700" and forget the rest. I'm pretty sure I can't do that from the case statement, but can it be done by an if/then? I've been googling and can't find a way, so I'm starting to think I can't. I have to do this from a bash script. I don't believe I use perl or anything like that for what we're doing. Any help is appreciated. Can anyone recommend a good book on bash scripting? There's probably quite a few, so I'd prefer to start with recommendations. Good chance it's been asked before so I'll try the archives too. A good website could be helpful to. Came across a few, but none that I thought were great. Thanks, James
