https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801912#M99856 If you want to set fred2 to the value of fred, try this...<BR /><BR />fred=/tmp<BR />fred2=$fred<BR /><BR />KJ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:02:38 GMT Keith Johnson 2006-06-07T15:02:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801909#M99853 say if I have<BR /><BR />fred=/tmp<BR />fred2=fred<BR /><BR />how do I get the variable for fred from fred2<BR /><BR />if I do echo "$fred2", it doesnt work..<BR /><BR />I tried many ways, none of that work, please advise...<BR /><BR /> <BR /> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:56:40 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801909#M99853 Gemini_2 2006-06-07T14:56:40Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801910#M99854 posted too fast...I meant to say. I want to get the value of fred from fred2...<BR /><BR />like "echo $fred2" will print "/tmp"<BR /><BR />I know "echo $fred2" is wrong..."echo $$fred2" is also wrong :-( Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:58:27 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801910#M99854 Gemini_2 2006-06-07T14:58:27Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801911#M99855 Try using 'eval'. Here is one way to do it:<BR /><BR />eval echo \$$FRED2<BR />/tmp<BR /><BR /><BR />JP Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:01:28 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801911#M99855 John Poff 2006-06-07T15:01:28Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801912#M99856 If you want to set fred2 to the value of fred, try this...<BR /><BR />fred=/tmp<BR />fred2=$fred<BR /><BR />KJ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:02:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801912#M99856 Keith Johnson 2006-06-07T15:02:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801913#M99857 Oops. I used upper case and you used lower:<BR /><BR />eval echo \$$fred2<BR />/tmp<BR /><BR /> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:02:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801913#M99857 John Poff 2006-06-07T15:02:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801914#M99858 such easy answer..I was so close..<BR /><BR />I used <BR /><BR /> `eval echo \$$i`<BR /><BR />I should not put ` `, it will make it evalute 3 times :-(<BR /><BR />thank you!!<BR /><BR />I got it Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:15:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-evaluate-this-variable/m-p/3801914#M99858 Gemini_2 2006-06-07T15:15:17Z