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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting syntax error in shell script Post 302679705 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 31st of July 2012 12:20:26 PM
Old 07-31-2012
You have doubly nested backtics - some shells have a problem with that try:
Code:
servername=$( cat /etc/hosts|grep `eval hostname`|awk '{print $2}' )

Also consider using nslookup, since not all server names will be in /etc/hosts
 

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dxhosts(8)						      System Manager's Manual							dxhosts(8)

NAME
dxhosts - Provides host management capabilities for local and remote hosts SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/X11/dxhosts OPTIONS
Host Manager accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options, which are documented in the OPTIONS section of the X(1X) reference page. DESCRIPTION
Use the Host Manager application, dxhosts, to: Add or delete a host from the list of preferred hosts Enable or disable X Window System(TM) access for all or selected hosts Start applications on a remote host The Host Manager application can be invoked from the CDE Application Manager from the following categories: Application Group: System_Admin System Admin Subgroup: Daily Admin FILES
Defaults that are shared by the graphical and command line user interfaces Host Manager application executable Host Manager help volume Directory containing Host Manager application icons Application defaults file that sets the default values for the X resources Host Manager message catalog Message catalog containing Host manager location IDs for on-item help i18n_motif_shared_text.cat Message catalog containing application-independent messages i18n_motif_shared_text_LocIds.cat Message catalog containing application-independent location IDs for on-item help SEE ALSO
Commands: ftp(1), rcp(1), rlogin(1), rsh(1), xhost(1X) Files: hostname(5), hosts(4), hosts.equiv(4), protocols(4), dxhosts(8)
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