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BINGO!
<br>My humble thanks!
<p>Chris Cox wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>In pure Bourne shell...
<p>MOM_CHAIR="Too soft"
<br>POP_CHAIR="Too hard"
<br>KID_CHAIR="Just right"
<br>while read person; do
<br> chair_var="${person}_CHAIR"
<br> eval chair_value=\$${chair_var}
<br> echo "$chair_value"
<br>done
<p>Fred James wrote:
<br>>
<br>> This is Bourne shell scripting.
<br>>
<br>> Given similar environment variables such as
<br>> MOM_CHAIR
<br>> POP_CHAIR
<br>> KID_CHAIR
<br>> I want to build the variable name on the fly and retrieve the value
to base a decision
<br>> on in my script.
<br>> Hints?
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> --
<br>> Consider Fractals
<br>> a large, calm, black cat
<br>> who seems often to be my spiritual leader.
<br>>
<br>>
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<pre>--
Consider Fractals
a large, calm, black cat
who seems often to be my spiritual leader.</pre>
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