[ale] bash script problem

[Jim Popovitch]

Below is a small script that i use to check the status of ClamAV's
daily.cvd file on a bunch of servers.  This works for all remote servers
listed in ~/.hosts, but if the host equals `hostname` the command fails
to execute with the error "line 1: if: command not found".  Now, if I
remove the "if ..." logic in CMD and replace it just with "ls -al ...."
then the command succeeds for all hosts including the local machine it
is run on.  Any ideas on why the "if" fails? 

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#!/bin/sh

CMD="if [ -e /var/lib/clamav/daily.cvd ]; then ls
-al /var/lib/clamav/daily.cvd; else echo; fi"

me=`hostname`

for host in `cat ~/.hosts`; do 
   echo -n "$host       ";
   if [ $host = $me ]; then
        `$CMD`;
   else
       ssh $host $CMD;
   fi
done
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Thanks,

-Jim P.