On 2025-09-22 11:37, Remind list wrote:
> I have a question about variables in remind, specifically I'd like to
> reuse a variable outside of remind without throwing awk at my .rem
> files.
While I don't know of any particular "dump vars" aspect of Remind (other
than possibly parsing through debug-dump output), I can think of a
couple ideas depending on your use-case:
- if it's a simple variable-value (rather than one you're using remind's
smarts to calculate), you could have the variable stored in an external
file and import that as your setting while also accessing it
$ cat myvar # available outside Remind
myvalue
$ cat my.rem
SET myvar system("cat myvar")
REM MSG myvar = [myvar]
- you could create a custom Remind file that you INCLUDE/DO in your
reminders, and then create a custom reminder file that just includes
that without a banner, and use that for your variable-reporting
$ cat myvar.rem
SET myvar "myvalue"
$ cat normal.rem
DO myvar.rem
REM MSG myvar = [myvar]
REM Apr 1 MSG April Fools
$ cat justvar.rem
DO myvar.rem
SET $AddBlankLines 0
BANNER %
MSG [myvar]
$ remind -f normal.rem
[your normal reminders here]
$ remind -f justvar.rem
myvar
You might also be able to pull in the value from an external
authority/source by munging it with INCLUDCMD.
-Tim
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