On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 10:46 -0600, inode0 wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo > <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello. See this: > > > > # A="echo 'hi'" > > > > # echo $($A) > > 'hi' > > That seems rather convoluted. Are you sure you don't just want to > "eval $A" anyway? Very sure. Not "bash", nor "eval". Just simple command substitution. Another reason: it's shorter. Another reason: It must be understood, not just avoided in a micro$oft software fashion. > I realize your example may be a simple abstraction of something more complex. Of course. I'm building a short script from some string. The rest is boring. Another failing example: > cat script echo "hello" > $(<script) "hello" The $(<file) form is documented in the manual: http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_30.html Thanks! -- ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nospaze@xxxxxxxxx otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- Q. What's the difference between Batman and Bill Gates? A. When Batman fought the Penguin, he won. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
