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Operating Systems AIX Equivalent of Rexx Interpret? Post 86967 by Kawdes on Tuesday 18th of October 2005 07:08:40 PM
Old 10-18-2005
Oh, I see what you are wanting... I think...

REXX:
variable='echo Hello World!'
interpret $variable
--------------------------
In the ksh:
variable='echo Hello World!'
eval $variable

This will execute the contents of $variable instead of just displaying it.
 

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