On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:47 pm, Emanuel Strobl wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
> list="one two three four"
>
> for item in $list; do
> ${item}_present=yes
eval ${item}_present=yes
> done
echo $one_present
echo $two_present
echo $three_present
echo $four_present
==>
yes
yes
yes
yes
Malcolm Kay
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Hello,
I try to assign a value to a variable, but the variable should consist of
another variable. Is this possible (in bourne shell)?
Example:
#!/bin/sh
list="one two three four"
for item in $list; do
${item}_present=yes
done
This doesn't work since the shell tries to execute "one_present=
