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# 1  
Old 10-22-2010
MySQL Small help in scripting !!!
Hi all,

I have a script in which line like this ..
Code:
linux_ver="RHEL$(cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}')"

Result is
Code:
linux_ver=RHEL5.3

But i want the o/p to be linux_ver=RHEL5 (discard ".3" or what ever comming after 5)

please help me out

Thanks in advance
Renjesh Raju

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# 2  
Old 10-22-2010
Code:
$> linux_ver="RHEL$(cut -d. -f1 /etc/redhat-release)"
$> echo $linux_ver
RHEL5

# 3  
Old 10-22-2010
Sorry i am not getting the exact output ...


# linux_ver="RHEL$(cut -d. -f1 /etc/redhat-release)"
root@st95esrn [/tmp/issuance_src/Linux/products]
# echo $linux_ver
RHELRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5
# 4  
Old 10-22-2010
Code:
linux_ver=`RHEL$(cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}') | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`

echo "linux_ver="$linux_ver

Just added another awk part to your code!.
Try it.
# 5  
Old 10-22-2010
Thansk a lot
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