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Old 09-28-2005
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Hi all,
I need to retrive a value from a variable like so
temp1=test1
temp2=test2
num=2
while [ "$num" -ne 0 ]
do
pingvar=eval echo \$temp$num
echo $pingvar
let num=$num-1
done

in the "echo $pingvar" i get $temp2 and $temp1 but, I need to get the values of temp2 and temp1 which are test1 and test2.
Appreciate your help
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Old 09-28-2005
Try:

eval pingvar=\$temp$num
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Old 09-28-2005
Thanks a lot Perderabo. You've been great help
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