Using bash, I want to find the operating system and notify the user. I tried:
OS='uname -s'
echo "$OS"
if [ "$OS" == 'Linux' ]; then
echo "Linux"
else
echo "Not Linux"
fi
I just get
uname -s
Not Linux
on the terminal, which is wrong. How do I correctly set the string to what uname returns?
Thanks
Rather than single quotes, you probably meant to use backticks:
OS=`uname -s`
but you really want
OS=$(uname -s)
Also, rather than an if statment, which will eventually become an if/else series, you might consider using case:
case $( uname -s ) in
Linux) echo Linux;;
*) echo other;;
esac