Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, matiassurdi@gmail.com Subject: Re: [OT] Evaluate strings in bash Message-ID: <200808201725.m7KHP0bt051409@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <g8hgs8$f13$2@ger.gmane.org>
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Matias Surdi wrote: > # echo $BINMAKE > `if [ -x /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi` -m /usr/src/share/mk > > I'd like to have a second variable like: > [code] > # echo $newvariable > make -m /usr/src/share/mk # newvariable=`eval echo $BINMAKE` By the way, this has nothing to do with bash. Those things work with every bourne shell, including FreeBSD's /bin/sh. It even works with Solaris' /bin/sh which is very far from a POSIX shell. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good." -- Bertrand Meyer
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