From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 20:37:21 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 20:37:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f77.law6.hotmail.com [216.32.241.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86F137B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:37:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:37:19 -0800 Received: from 165.228.128.11 by lw6fd.law6.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 04:37:19 GMT X-Originating-IP: [165.228.128.11] From: "Aaron Hill" To: dima@unixfreak.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script: Variable substition within a variable? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 04:37:19 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Dec 2000 04:37:19.0852 (UTC) FILETIME=[34F52AC0:01C068AC] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > fileone=`cat fileone` > >Change that last line to: > > eval fileone=`cat fileone` > >Hope this helps > >Dima Thanks a lot Dima, that's done the trick. Aaron Hill _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message