ETHNAME=$(cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address) ETHNAME=${ETHNAME//:/} BOXID=${ETHNAME: -6} FOUND="$(shopt -s nullglob; echo /home/l_samenv/boxtools/cfg/*_$BOXID.cfg)" if [ -z "$FOUND" ]; then HOSTNAME=box$BOXID else FOUND=$(basename ${FOUND[0]}) # remove directory part HOSTNAME=${FOUND%%.*} # remove extension if [ $HOSTNAME != "box$BOXID" ]; then HOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME%_*} fi echo "hostname $HOSTNAME" fi echo $HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $HOSTNAME" > /etc/hosts