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Old 08-24-2008
Bash: how to call function having it's name in variable?
Hello.

Looking for a method of modularizing my bash script, I am stuck with such a problem. For example, I have:

MODULE_NAME="test"
FUNCTION_NAME="run"

How do I can a function with name test_run?
# 2  
Old 08-24-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by FractalizeR
Hello.

Looking for a method of modularizing my bash script, I am stuck with such a problem. For example, I have:

MODULE_NAME="test"
FUNCTION_NAME="run"

How do I can a function with name test_run?
Something like this:

Code:
MODULE_NAME="test"
FUNCTION_NAME="run"

eval ${MODULE_NAME}_${FUNCTION_NAME}

Regards
# 3  
Old 08-24-2008
Thanks a lot!
# 4  
Old 08-24-2008
Here is one way. I have not put test_run is a separate file but that is probably what you want to do and then source that file
so that test_run is available in your script.

Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

function test_run
{
  echo "In test_run ....."
}

MODULE_NAME="test"
FUNCTION_NAME="run"

${MODULE_NAME}_${FUNCTION_NAME}

# 5  
Old 08-24-2008
Wow... This works even without eval! Thanks a lot!
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