[Techtalk] using variables as part of variable name

Dennis Wheeler dennisw at vidiator.com
Fri May 14 16:54:43 EST 2004


Can I use a variable as part of a variable name in bash?
I'm not sure how best to describe it.
In other words I've got something like this:

src_da=foo1
src_bi=bar1

tgt_da=foo2
tgt_bi=bar2

cp $src_da $tgt_da
cp $src_bi $tgt_bi


and since I have a lot, I'd like to do something like:

for var in da fe gu vi
do
    cp $src_$var $tgt_$var
done


Sorry if I'm posting this to the wrong list -- if someone moves this to
another list can you please cc me the replys?

Thanks
-- D 



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