On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:52 AM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi All,
In Bash script language, how do I create a variable name
from a variable?
I am trying to create a variable called "abcStatus"
x=abc
$xStatus=xyz
obviously doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks,
-T
On 06/06/2014 09:14 PM, Brandon Vincent wrote:> There is probably a
better way, (bash declare perhaps?), but:
>
> x=abc
> eval $(echo $x)Status="This works!"
>
> Brandon Vincent
>
Hi Brandon,
I completely blanked on "eval". Thank you!
-T
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