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Old 02-07-2005
adding contents of a variable to a command
hi all,

i'm new to shell scripting, so i'm not sure how to work this. Is it possible to read in the contents of a variable and add it to a command? for example:

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#!/bin/sh

set example = -dfr

rm ${example}
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when i run the script, i want it to do a rm -dfr. Right now, it doesn't seem to work, and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong
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Old 02-07-2005
Use the syntax:
example="-dfr"

No spaces around the equal sign.
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Old 02-08-2005
Bug
thanks, that was helpful
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