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# 1  
Old 03-15-2007
pls help
I have a list of variables: ss1, ss5, ss6, ss8, st2 etc. (these values are not fixed, configurable). Now, I have assigned ss5=”test”. And I want to search in the list for the string “test” to know which variable is having the value “test”. Can u pls tell me how to do this?
# 2  
Old 03-15-2007
Code:
ss1="hi"
ss5="buddy"
ss6="unix"
ss8="test"
ss5="test"
for i in \$ss1 \$ss5 \$ss6 \$ss8
do
  if [[ "$ss5" = $( eval echo $i ) ]]
  then
	echo "${i#$}"
  fi
done

# 3  
Old 03-15-2007
two problems,
1> I am using solaris, so it is giving error, maybe the eval command.

2> In the for loop instead of “\$ss1 \$ss5 \$ss6 \$ss8” is it possible to use any variable like list_of_var= ss1, ss5, ss6, ss8? Because in my program instead of 5 variables there maybe 100 also, so it will not be good to use all their names.
# 4  
Old 03-15-2007
Restating the problem:

find all environmental variables that are set to "test"

KSH solution

# uname returns
# SunOS 5.10 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200

set -a # automatical export variables
ss9=test
ss3=one
ss2=size
ss1=hello
env | grep =test$ | cut -f 1 -d =
# 5  
Old 03-15-2007
This solution works, but what I exactly require is to iterate the list and get the variable having that value.
# 6  
Old 03-15-2007
Code:
$ cat list.txt 
ss1
ss2
$ ss1=est
$ ss2=test
$ while read;do [ "$(eval echo \$"$REPLY")" = test ]&&echo $REPLY;done<list.txt 
ss2

# 7  
Old 03-16-2007
Thanks. The solution works fine, but again eval is giving problem in solaris. Can u pls tell the way out ?
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