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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers String manipulation using ksh Post 302237833 by zambo on Thursday 18th of September 2008 01:09:13 PM
Old 09-18-2008
Actually could have something like:
WHEREIAM= `echo $WHEREIAM | command`
where command(using sed, awk, ...) will replace all environment variables by their value within the shell so that in my example i'll have when echo $WHEREIAM after ===>=/tmp/here/location/dev
 

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LEARN ABOUT X11R4

suspend

suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

   ksh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

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