How to assign varibale in another variable

[Sanjeev gupta_2]

Hi All,

I'm facing one issue in shell script :
I assign some value to a variable ser and now I want to assign some value to another varibale i.e.like adb$ser as below :

$ ser=as
$ abd$ser=4
ksh: adbas=4: not found

but I'm geeting error as shown above, pl. help me to resolev it.
thx in advance
sanjeev gupta

[Steven Schweda]

bash$ ser=as
bash$ eval abd$ser=4
bash$ echo $abdas
4

"man ", look for "eval".

[Sanjeev gupta_2]

I'm not able to do it. I'm usinh korn shell and getting same error.
Pl. help me out on it.
sanjev gupta

[Laurent Menase]

with the eval it should work


under ksh I did exactly
# ser=as
# eval abd$ser=4
# echo $abdas
4


if it doesn't work you can try
# set -x
# ser=as
# eval abd$ser=4

It will display the line it is trying to execute before executing it.

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

it must be worked :

agui02# ksh
agui02# echo $0
ksh
agui02# ser=as
agui02# eval adb$ser=4
agui02# echo adb$ser
adbas

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

Sorry I missed the last line:

agui02# echo $adbas
4

[Steven Schweda]

> I'm not able to do it.

You're not able to do _what_?

Showing actual commands with their actual
output can be more helpful than vague (or no)
descriptions and interpretations.

You know, like what _every_ answer here did.