test for name of localhost in script

Lotharster · 02-06-2006, 03:08 PM

I want to write a script that tests during execution on which machine it is running. I'd like to test for the name of the localhost, something like

Code:

if [ $localhost = fs01phy ]; then echo jepp ; fi

But I don't know how to get the name of the localhost. There is no environment variable called $LOCALHOST or the like.

Thanks,
Lotharster

satinet · 02-06-2006, 03:23 PM

there's always hostname or uname -a

localhost=`hostname`

if test $localhost = whatever
then
something
else
something
fi

pljvaldez · 02-06-2006, 03:24 PM

Try hostname -f for fully qualified domain or hostname -s for just the hostname cut off at the first dot. You can assign it a variable in your script if you want, i.e. LOCALHOST=`hostname -s`. Note that those are back quotes (the ~ key)

Lotharster · 02-06-2006, 03:38 PM

thanks for your quick replies!

Lotharster