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# 1  
Old 11-25-2010
bash integer & string issue
Hi guys,

I need for the bash code below a little bit help: cat script.sh

Code:
#!/bin/bash
5_MYVALUE="test"
echo "$5_MYVALUE"


If I try to run the script, got follow failure:

Code:
./script.sh
./script.sh: line 4: 5_MYVALUE=test: command not found
_MYVALUE

My questions are how can I set a string to show the value test without to change the integer 5 or the special char "_" ?

for example the output should be:

Code:
./script.sh
test

Thx
Research3
# 2  
Old 11-25-2010
give a try as..
Code:
echo "${5_MYVALUE}"

# 3  
Old 11-25-2010
Unfortunately the same result:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
5_MYVALUE="test"
echo "$5_MYVALUE"
echo "${5_MYVALUE}"

The output:

Code:
./script.sh
./script.sh: line 4: 5_MYVALUE=test: command not found
_MYVALUE
./script.sh: line 6: ${5_MYVALUE}: bad substitution

# 4  
Old 11-25-2010
hmm my mistake.. shell variables cannot begin with numerics. Reference: here
# 5  
Old 11-25-2010
I will create now a new workaround for this task!
Thanks michaelrozar17 for you feedback!
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