From 9bcd730b6f98dd8396f780d047a41ecbe88f5619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: FriendlyNeighborhoodShane <39659394+FriendlyNeighborhoodShane@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:56:14 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Dynamic variable naming magic --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 60ea6d8..1dd26d3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -677,12 +677,12 @@ done # VARIABLES -## Name a variable based on another variable +## Name and access a variable based on another variable ```shell $ var="world" -$ export "hello_$var=value" -$ printf '%s\n' "$hello_world" +$ eval "hello_$var=value" +$ eval printf '%s\n' "\$hello_$var" value ```