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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: variable list of variables
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Use "eval" to get what you want.  For example:

$ jik_files="a.c b.c c.c"
$ echo $USER
jik
$ for file in `eval echo '$'${USER}_files`; do echo $file; done
a.c
b.c
c.c
$

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