Hi
the error occours because when you write "server1 server2" $HNAME will be "server1 server2" and not "server1" "server2" so when you test you variable with the if statement, you are asking what follow:

if [ "server1 server2 " = server1 ]

and it will be always false.

Tony before told you to use "for" to read your HNAME

for SERVERS in $HNAME; do

here you can put you if statement because you are reading one input for iteration

done

hope it helps

Bye Bye

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