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Re: Variable with Variable Name

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From: Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@xxxxxxxx>
To: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Variable with Variable Name
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:30:58 +0100
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 01:43:46PM +0000, zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> function SSS()
> {
> # description : create a set variable with variable name
> $1=`pwd`;  # What I want but THIS DOESNT WORK
> echo $1
> }
> 
> So if I called this
> 
> > SSS fred
> 
> Would create a variable fred containing the path of the current directory
[...]

SSS() {
  eval "$1=\$PWD"
  eval "printf '%s\n' \"$1=\$$1\""
}

Which happens to even be POSIX code.

-- 
Stéphane

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