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Variable assignment in middle of a string (unix)

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  • 16-04-2012 4:00pm
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,559 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks, some code i have to assign some variables called file, file2, file3 and file4

    files()
    {
    template=$2
    file=template$template.xml
    file2=template$templateSL3.xml
    file3=template$templateSL3toSL2.xml
    file4=template$templateSL2ToSL1.xml
    }


    But when i run it

    files test lienb0583

    , my output becomes


    template.xml


    instead of the desired

    templatelienb0583.xml

    Can you advise what im doing wrong


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    #2
    boblong
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭boblong


    Is this what you need?
    
files()
{
template=$1 #in here this is $1
file=template${template}.xml
file2=template${template}SL3.xml
file3=template${template}SL3toSL2.xml
file4=template${template}SL2ToSL1.xml

echo "$file $file2 $file3 $file4"
}

#call the function
files $2 #but out here this is $2

#run like:
# sh shellyoke.sh test lienb0583


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