From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 17:25:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 418E9106567A for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE8D58FC2B for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7KHP03L051410; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7KHP0bt051409; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200808201725.m7KHP0bt051409@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, matiassurdi@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.3-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: [OT] Evaluate strings in bash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, matiassurdi@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:02 -0000 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