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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Grand Master)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Use of "eval" in creating new variable names
Keywords: eval, shell,help
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Date: 14 May 91 15:11:56 GMT
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In article <1991May13.180547.21281@cbfsb.att.com> pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel) writes:
}I have tried things like: eval tty_numb"$count"=`echo $2`
}If I then try to echo the contents of my new variable, all I get is the number:
}Example: echo $tty_numb"$count"    This will give me    1
}expect it. Example: echo $tty_numb1   This will give me  tty17
}echo $tty_numb"$numb" #This where the user chooses a number associated with

 Try:
eval echo $tty_numb$count
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