Use the value of a variable for the name of a new variable ? - BASH 1

[doublea1535]

I am trying to use the value of variable "var" as the name for a new variable in BASH. I am not getting it to work. Does anyone know if this can be done somehow?

$~ var=one
$~ echo $var
one
$~ ${var}=two
bash: one=two: command not found
$~ `echo $var`=two
bash: one=two: command not found
$~ $[var]=two
bash: 0=two: command not found
$~ {$var}=two
bash: {one}=two: command not found

 

[doublea1535]

I think I found the answer. Apparently you can use variables as element IDs. This should work for my purposes, but does anyone know if it is possible to do outside of arrays within BASH?

root@ensim ~/tst00 : vara=1
root@ensim ~/tst00 : varb=2
root@ensim ~/tst00 : varc=3
root@ensim ~/tst00 : newArray[$vara]=Staceyrocks
root@ensim ~/tst00 : newArray[$varb]=Aaronrocks
root@ensim ~/tst00 : newArray[$varc]=Webothrock
root@ensim ~/tst00 : echo ${newArray[1]}
Staceyrocks
root@ensim ~/tst00 : echo ${newArray[2]}
Aaronrocks
root@ensim ~/tst00 : echo ${newArray[3]}
Webothrock

 

[p5wizard]

take a look at the eval builtin shell command

var1=var2
eval $var1=two
echo $var2
eval echo \$$var1

man bash for more info

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[doublea1535]

AWEsome! Thanks much