Command substitution in echo


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Command substitution in echo
# 1  
Old 07-15-2011
Command substitution in echo

Code:
a=1
b1=unix
echo $b`$a`

The above code is not working. Instead of printing the variable b1 using 'echo $b1', how to use variable 'a' to print 'b1'
# 2  
Old 07-15-2011
Code:
eval "echo \$b$a"

This User Gave Thanks to Franklin52 For This Post:
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Regarding command substitution

Oracle Linux 5.6, 64-bit Given the following snippet wrkvar=`sqlplus -s / as sysdba <<EOF set echo off feedback off head off trimsp on select count(*) from v\$parameter where name in ('db_file_name_convert','log_file_name_convert') and value is not null; EOF` echo wrkvar=$wrkvarProduces... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: edstevens
2 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Need to echo command successful if command is executed successfully

Hello, I have written a command n shell script : srvctl relocate service -d t1 -s s1 -i i1 -t t1 -f If the above command executes successfully without error I need to echo "Service relocated successfully and If it errors out I need to trap the errors in a file and also need to make... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Vishal_dba
1 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Shell $,/r getting added in echo on variable substitution.

Hi All, I'm trying to run a similar script to copy a files from one location to another. #!/bin/bash source="/home/pradeepk/a.txt" destination="/home/pradeepk/dir1" cp $source $destinationi'm getting following error. cp: cannot stat `/home/pradeepk/a.txt\r': No such file or directorywhen... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pradeep2002gs
1 Replies

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Help with command substitution in C program

Hi, I want to know if there's a cleaner way for assigning output of a unix command to a variable in C program . Example : I execute dirname fname and want the output to be assigned to a variable dname . Is it possible . I knew u can redirect the output to a file and then reread assigning... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: royalbull
5 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

read command - using output from command substitution

Hey, guys! Trying to research this is such a pain since the read command itself is a common word. Try searching "unix OR linux read command examples" or using the command substitution keyword. :eek: So, I wanted to use a command statement similar to the following. This is kinda taken... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ProGrammar
2 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

sed insert command and variable expansion/command substitution

I know this script is crummy, but I was just messing around.. how do I get sed's insert command to allow variable expansion to show the filename? #!/bin/bash filename=`echo $0` /usr/bin/sed '/#include/ { i\ the filename is `$filename` }' $1 exit 0 (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: glev2005
8 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Using echo to print double quotes along with variable substitution

Hi, I am generating html code using cshell, but i am having one problem while printing double quotes, I need to write following code in file. where $var contains list of web address <a href="$var">$var</a> So i am using echo "<a href="$var">$var</a>" > file.html But with this " in... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sarbjit
4 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Command substitution within an echo

I'm trying to get this to work and I'm not really sure how to do it. echo $x | awk '{print $NF}' MODIFIEDThe output I'm trying to get should look like: dir1 MODIFIED Where dir1 will be the result of: $x |awk '{print $NF}'I'm sure there's something I'm supposed to put around that part... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ewoods
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Difference between "Command substitution" and "Process substitution"

Hi, What is the actual difference between these two? Why the following code works for process substitution and fails for command substitution? while IFS= read -r line; do echo $line; done < <(cat file)executes successfully and display the contents of the file But, while IFS='\n' read -r... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: royalibrahim
3 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Substitution of last command

"Is there any substituation of last command or script syntax which can be used as a user. As far I know the "last" command is being used to display information about previous logins. A member of adm group or the user adm can execute it only. Thanks in advance for your usual help. Ghazi (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: ghazi
6 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question