On Dec 18, 2007 8:48 PM, James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > man cut It will do it for you. Use the cut command in your case statement, or use the cut command before the case statement assigning the output to a new variable and use that variable in the case statement. Jacques B.
