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Old 01-10-2014
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Hi,

I need to convert the hostname to uppercase and attach it to a string.

eg: $hostname output mymac

Final output should be Production.MYMAC
# 2  
Old 01-10-2014
Try the [n]awk script below...
Code:
echo $hostname | nawk '{print toupper($0)}'

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Old 01-10-2014
Hello,

Please try the following.

Code:
$ a=`echo "PR";hostname`
$ echo $a
PR SinghisKing.ch.com
$
$ echo $a | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'
PR SinghisKing.ch.com


Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 01-10-2014 at 03:28 PM..
# 4  
Old 01-13-2014
Or how about this, which is less cost than spawning the extra awk or tr processes:-
Code:
typeset -u myhost=`hostname`
echo $myhost




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