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From: wallace@ynotme.enet.dec.com (Ray Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Passing a var thru a file
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.192754.20798@engage.pko.dec.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 19:23:22 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.153222.20836@cid.aes.doe.CA>, afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA writes...
>Say i have a file that (just for the sake of this question) contains
>just one word:
>$ENVAR
It actualy isn't peculuar to files.

>var=`cat file`
>echo $var     #gives (literally) $ENVAR

Try 
	eval echo $var

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