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Re: is variable with variable name possible?



2011-04-04 15:48:32 +0200, Jérémie Roquet:
[...]
> 2011/4/4 zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > somevar=$(pwd)
> >
> > but I want somevar to be a variable name
> 
> $ eval "$somevar=$(pwd)"
[...]

No!

eval "$somevar=\$(pwd)"
or
eval "$somevar=\$PWD"


Or think of what would happen if $PWD was "/tmp/x;rm -rf /home"

-- 
Stephane



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