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From: ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: indirect shell-vars
Message-ID: <2088@munnari.oz.au>
Date: 12 Sep 89 11:45:42 GMT
References: <627@targon.UUCP>
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In article <627@targon.UUCP>, ruud@targon.UUCP (Ruud Harmsen) writes:
> I'm looking for a way to reference a variable in the Bourne-shell,
> whose name is given in another variable. ... Perhaps using "eval", but
> also executes the string, which is too much.

	x="foo <baz> ugh"
	y=x
Method 1:
	eval 'z="${'$y'}"'
Method 2:
	cmd="echo \"\${$y}\""
	z=`eval $cmd`
They're not perfect, mind.