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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: indirect shell-vars
Message-ID: <1145@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 89 20:28:50 GMT
References: <627@targon.UUCP>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <627@targon.UUCP>, ruud@targon.UUCP (Ruud Harmsen) writes:
> 
> sh -c "echo \$x`echo $xx`"
> 
> Are there any better/faster/shorter ways?  Perhaps using "eval", but
> also executes the string, which is too much.

How about:

eval echo \$$xx



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