I advise against dynamically-generated variable names in general, it's usually cleaner to use arrays, but they do have some uses for things like parsing configuration files.
The safest way to set an arbitrary variable name is read. This should work in most Bourne shells.
Note that the last two lines must be at the beginning of the line, not indented.
In BASH you can make it much shorter:
KSH and BASH can also read the contents of a variable name like
Other shells would need to use eval, which is a security nightmare.
Hi Gurus,
I have a command to assign value based on input value.
current condition is "if pattern matches "case", then assign "HOLD" else "SUCC"right now, I need to add one more condition (variable name is VAR).
the condition is "if pattern1 matches "case", then assign "HOLD" else if... (2 Replies)
hello all..
i'm a beginner in shell scripting. I need to know what is really happening when we are creating a variable in shell scripting? how memory is allocated for that variable? (3 Replies)
Hi guys!
Could you tell me what's this figure about? (See the attached figure below.)
This is a representation of block allocation filesystem and extent allocation filesystem in Solaris.
Does this mean that in a block-based allocation, data are placed in individual blocks while in... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I want to parse nested variable in my script.
for exp-
c=1
G1='0318'
G2='0023'
G3='3092'
G4='0014'
while ;do
g=G$c
a=$g
echo "Group=$g and value=$a"
c=`expr $c + 1`
done
final output are as -
---------------------------
Group=G1 and... (4 Replies)
Hi Experts
I need some help in static memory allocation in C. I have a program in which I declared 2 variables, one char array and one integer. I was little surprised to see the addresses of the variables.
First:
int x;
char a;
printf("%u %u\n', &x, a);
I got the addresses displayed... (2 Replies)
I have a question about nested double quotes. Any help is appreciated.
Here are my commands on Mac OS.
# string="Ethernet \"USB Ethernet\" \"Bluetooth DUN\" AirPort FireWire \"Bluetooth PAN\""
# echo $string
Ethernet "USB Ethernet" "Bluetooth DUN" AirPort FireWire "Bluetooth PAN"
#... (3 Replies)
i wrote a tiny version of tail command using a large buffer statically allocated but, in a second time, i found another version in which i use a bidimensional array dynamically allocated.
here is the first version
/*my tiny tail, it prints the last 5 line of a file
*/
#include<stdio.h>... (4 Replies)
#!/bin/sh
APP_ROOT_MODE1=/opt/app1.0
APP_ROOT_MODE2=/opt/app2.0
APP_ROOT=${APP_ROOT_${APP_MODE}}
# enviornment variable APP_MODE will be exported in the terminal where
# we run the applciation, its value is string - MODE1 or MODE2
# My intension is:
# when export APP_MODE=MODE1... (4 Replies)
HI Gurus,
I had a requirement where i want to allocate a file name into a variable and get the file name in the subj of email.
Suppose i have a file File002.pdx in the folder /home/pcs/system/files/File002.pdx
Iam using a variable a = `ls /home/pcs/system/files/*.pdx`
Iam using *... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I'm having problems with the setting a variable in a nested if statement. It doesn't seem to change even if it mets the 'if' condition.
My script essentially looks for a user name from the output from a kerberos command.
When I find the user name, I tried to change a variable and exit... (6 Replies)