>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:52 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi All,
>>
>>     In Bash script language, how do I create a variable name
>>     from a variable?
>>
>>     I am trying to create a variable called "abcStatus"
>>
>>     x=abc
>>     $xStatus=xyz
>>
>>     obviously doesn't work.  What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>     Many thanks,
>>     -T
>>
>>

On 06/06/2014 09:09 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> x=abc
> eval ${x}Status=xyz
> echo $abcStatus
>
>   - Pat


Hi Pat,

   Wow.  I would have never figured that out on my own.

   Thank you!


Follow on question: this works, but I would like
to clean it up:

xx=ech
eval "$xx""o abc"
abc

-T

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