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variable under variable
Hello,
In korn-shell, I want to call a variable formed by an other variable, is it possible ? toto=tata ; export toto tata_tmp=`pwd` ; export tata_tmp pwd must be find with something like echo ${${toto}_tmp} => it doesn't work TY for your help |
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What exactly are you trying to do?
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build the variable name from an other variable
for exemple : AA_TOP=/tmp/my_dir/AA AB_TOP=/tmp/my_dir/AB AC_TOP=/tmp/my_dir/AC echo "Value : \c" ; read my_value # is AA or AB or AC Then, I want to call ${my_value}_TOP to set the good directory. |
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Code:
echo "value: \c"; read myvalue cd "$myvalue"_TOP |
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Try...
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eval cd \$${my_value}_TOP
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TY Jim but I know that, it's just a exemple, my target is to use $AA_TOP in a program. |
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