for camera in "bikecam" "oiicam" "oiicam2" do if [ $camera=bikecam ]; then hostname=bikecam; elif [ $camera=oiicam ]; then hostname=sauron; elif [ $camera=oiicam2 ]; then hostname=cyclops; fi echo Camera is $camera and Hostname is $hostname; done [[OUTPUT]] Camera is bikecam and Hostname is bikecam Camera is oiicam and Hostname is bikecam Camera is oiicam2 and Hostname is bikecam