Issue:
i have variable A which is an alias for variable B which is equal to "THIS IS A TEST"
when every i echo variable A i only get the alias name for variable B, NOT the contents of variable B.
HOSTNAME# echo $TESTIT
+ echo THIS IS A TEST
THIS IS A TEST
HOSTNAME# ls -l
total... (10 Replies)
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echo "$previous_tmp$i"
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