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Old 10-11-2007
executing uname through shell script

Hi,
I need to write a shell script that executes the command
uname -a

the output i get is of the format :
FreeBSD test.trial.machine.com 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 28 14:31:56 GMT 2000 tester@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386

(this is all in a single line)
I need to read just the last word, that is i386

Please help.

Thanks,
Himani
# 2  
Old 10-11-2007
Run 'uname -i'. It will output just the hardware platform (in this case, i386).
# 3  
Old 10-11-2007
Hi,
i tried 'uname -i' but i get an error saying that its an illegal option ..
# 4  
Old 10-11-2007
hi,
its uname -m thats gives the hardware information.
thanks !! Smilie
 
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