Re: Evaluating a variable within a variable

[Matthew Woehlke]

Paul Jarc wrote:

TimtheEagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

main_auth=7

f=main
t=auth

ile=$f"_"$t

echo $ile

Either: echo "${!ile}"

Not portable.

Or:     eval "echo \"\$$ile\""

Portable (even to Solaris /bin/sh which is not POSIX).

Not saying which you should use, just something to be aware of.

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Matthew
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