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From: schip@iscnvx.uucp (Jan B Schipmolder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: C-shell script ... question
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.035900.8108@iscnvx.uucp>
Date: 25 Jun 91 03:59:00 GMT
Reply-To: schip@iscnvx.UUCP (Jan B Schipmolder)
Organization: LMSC -  Information Services
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In Message-ID: <1991Jun24.230024.18513@iscnvx.uucp>
wurtz@iscnvx.uucp (J D Wurtz) writes (paraphrased):

> I am using the C shell. If the script      #!/bin/csh -f
>                                            echo ">>> dir = \c"
>                                            set dir = $<
>                                            echo dir = $dir
> is stored in file alfa and if I
> invoke it with                             set name = hello
>                                            alfa
>                                            >>> dir = $name
> 
> then the script will display "$name" rather than "hello". How can I
> get it to display "hello" rather than "$name" ?

Replace "set dir = $<" by "set dir = `eval echo $<`".