Determine PPC or Intel with ShellScipt

jpenguin · 05-13-2009, 01:53 PM

So, I have a /bin/sh shell scrip, and if the computer is a PPC-based one, I want it to execute one terminal command; but if the computer is Intel I want to execute a different terminal command

tlarkin · 05-13-2009, 02:04 PM

Code:

#!/bin/sh

x86=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep Intel -c`

if [[ $x86 == 1 ]]

then <insert intel command>

else <insert PPC commands>

fi

done
exit

That is a real simple way of doing it.

jpenguin · 05-13-2009, 02:12 PM

thanks :-)

tlarkin · 05-13-2009, 04:01 PM

did it work?

baf · 05-13-2009, 04:41 PM

Or even:
uname -p
answers i386 for me but test and see what you get on other machines.

trevor · 05-13-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baf


	Or even: uname -p answers i386 for me but test and see what you get on other machines.

Code:

% uname -p
powerpc

...on my PowerBook G4 1 GHz Aluminum.

Trevor

05-13-2009, 01:53 PM	#1
jpenguin Prospect Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6	Determine PPC or Intel with ShellScipt So, I have a /bin/sh shell scrip, and if the computer is a PPC-based one, I want it to execute one terminal command; but if the computer is Intel I want to execute a different terminal command

05-13-2009, 02:04 PM	#2
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City Posts: 11,347	Code: #!/bin/sh x86=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType \| grep Intel -c` if [[ $x86 == 1 ]] then <insert intel command> else <insert PPC commands> fi done exit That is a real simple way of doing it. __________________ sudo make me a sammich http://www.tlarkin.com "It just told me what I already knew, that I'm a great and amazing guy, didn't I tell you baby, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox."

05-13-2009, 04:01 PM	#4
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City Posts: 11,347	did it work? __________________ sudo make me a sammich http://www.tlarkin.com "It just told me what I already knew, that I'm a great and amazing guy, didn't I tell you baby, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox."

05-13-2009, 04:41 PM	#5
baf MVP Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Skellefteå, Sweden Posts: 1,173	Or even: uname -p answers i386 for me but test and see what you get on other machines. __________________ /Bengt-Arne Fjellner IT-Administrator Luleå university, Sweden. Some say: "You learn as long as you live". My way: "You live as long as you learn".

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05-13-2009, 02:12 PM	#3
jpenguin Prospect Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6	thanks :-)