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Old 04-12-2010
substituted variable assignment

I try to run this script, however, it gives an exception in line 3. How do I do an assignment to a substituted variable?

Code:
#!/bin/bash
name=fruit
ext_$(eval echo ${name})=apple
tmp=ext_$(eval echo ${name})
if [[ ${!tmp} == *apple* ]]; then
 echo "apple"
 elif [[ ${!tmp} == *orange* ]]; then
 echo "orange"
fi

echo ${!tmp}

Error Message:
Code:
line 3: ext_fruit=apple: command not found


Last edited by Scott; 04-12-2010 at 08:10 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 04-12-2010
I think closer would be:

Code:
eval ext_${name}=apple

# 3  
Old 04-12-2010
Thanks. It worked.
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