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truncate the hostname of local computer

Subject: truncate the hostname of local computer
From: Steve Ingram <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:13:18 -0800

Our computers have the computer name set to eight characters - three letters followed by five numbers. Example: ghs27038

In a script we are using to reset the computer name I have the line:

set computerNameNoChange = `/bin/hostname`

This gives me a value of ghs27038.local

This is close to what I want. How do I get computerNameNoChange to equal only the first eight characters of /bin/hostname ?

More precisely, how do I get computerNameNoChange to be the value of the current computer name, without the ".local" added?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Steve Ingram

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