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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Building Variable Names in Bourne Shell
Message-ID: <7541@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 24 Mar 88 20:10:48 GMT
References: <12565@brl-adm.ARPA> <4731@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <12565@brl-adm.ARPA> kevinc@bearcat.lim.tek.com (Kevin Cosgrove 627-5212) writes:
>Anyone know how to build *accessible* variable names on the fly in Bourne
>shell?

Try using the "exec" built-in; it's a lot simpler and more efficient
than most of the other proposals.