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Using the case statement was my fallback solution.

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Alternatively - not better, but arguably easier to understand, and works in Bourne shell as well

Code:

if [ "$hostname" = "red" -o "$hostname" = "black" -o \
     "$hostname" = "green" -o  "$hostname" = "yellow" -o \
     "$hostname" = "blue" ] 
then 
.....etc
fi

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