You want to do an eval.
$ foo={a,b,c}
$ mkdir -p test/$foo
$ find test
test/
test/{a,b,c}
$ eval mkdir -p test2/$foo
$ find test2
test2/
test2/a
test2/b
test2/c
$ man bash | less -iX '+/\beval\b'
The reason is because of the way bash does expansion:
$ man bash | less -iX '+/^EXPANSION'
Regards,
- Robert
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM, kurumim007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to declare a variable in mkdir command
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