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Procyon

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Bash: Variable with variable name

I have a variable with a variable name in it. I think I once saw an easy way to get the value of the second variable, but all that seems to work for me is with eval:

$ var=foo
$ foo=bar
$ eval echo \$$var
bar

How can this be done without eval?

iphitus

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Re: Bash: Variable with variable name

that's what's used in /etc/rc.d/network

Dieter@be

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Re: Bash: Variable with variable name

echo ${!var}

This is called indirection. See http://wooledge.org:8000/BashFAQ/006

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Procyon

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Re: Bash: Variable with variable name

Thanks, works great.

Allan

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Re: Bash: Variable with variable name

echo ${!var}

This is called indirection. See http://wooledge.org:8000/BashFAQ/006

Cool.  Bash knowledge++.

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iphitus

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Re: Bash: Variable with variable name

awesome