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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:51:50 -0500
From: Omen Wild <Omen.Wild@Dartmouth.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Build a variable name from another variable?
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Quoting Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org> on Fri, Jan 23 15:19:
>
> % t=3D"${baz}contents"  =20
> % echo ${${(P)t}}
> bar contents
>=20
> Works...
> i could not manage to do it without an intermediate variable.

Ah, this will probably work for me.

Quoting Cosmo <cosmo@uk.ibm.com> on Fri, Jan 23 23:47:
>
> Back in the old days, before these fancy complicated shells, I'd just do=
=20
> this:

I simplified a bit for the example, I'm actually trying to do stuff
much more complicated than just a echo...

Thanks,
   Omen

--=20
Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?

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