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Old 03-12-2009
If first letter of name is a-m do this if n-x do something else
so if I run echo $USER and the name is smithr i want to run command B to run because s is after m in the alphabet, but if the user is aldap I want command A to run because their first initial in the user name is in the first half of alphabet.

how please?
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Old 03-12-2009
Code:
case $USER in
  [a-m]* ) A ;;
  [n-z]* ) B ;;
esac

# 3  
Old 03-12-2009
Tools What about case?
Let me add to the previous example:

case $USER in
[a-mA-M]* ) A;;
[n-zN-Z]* ) B;;
esac

This way you'll match independent of case.
You know how "users" are! Smilie
 
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