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Re: need bash indirect variable help

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Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to access a variable based on a variable.
>
> I have go this far:
>
> x=abc
> eval ${x}Status=xyz
> echo $abcStatus
> xyz
>
> But, I won't know the exact name of the variable
> ($abcStatus).  How do I "echo" the variable indirectly?

Wouldn't an associative array be a better solution?

$ declare -A Status
$ x=abc
$ Status[$x]=xyz
$ echo ${Status[$x]}
xyz

-- 
Huibert
"Okay... really not something I needed to see."  --Raven

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need bash indirect variable help Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-07 11:49 -0700
  Re: need bash indirect variable help William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-06-07 23:42 +0000
    Re: need bash indirect variable help Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-06-08 12:19 +0300
      Re: need bash indirect variable help Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-06-09 15:07 +0300
  Re: need bash indirect variable help Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-06-08 09:03 +0100
    Re: need bash indirect variable help Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-08 02:35 -0700
  Re: need bash indirect variable help Huibert Bol <huibert.bol@quicknet.nl> - 2014-06-08 10:29 +0200
    Re: need bash indirect variable help Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-08 02:36 -0700
  Re: need bash indirect variable help Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-08 20:31 +0000
    Re: need bash indirect variable help Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-08 14:53 -0700
      Re: need bash indirect variable help floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-06-08 14:50 -0800
        Re: need bash indirect variable help Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-09 20:44 +0000

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