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user1=x1
user2=x2
for count in 1 2
do
    echo "User $count is: $user\{$count\}"
done

This obviously doesn't work and what I want for the output is:

User 1 is: x1
User 2 is: x2

Either Bourne or Korne is fine.
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|Here's a cute one that has me stumped.

|user1=x1
|user2=x2
|for count in 1 2
|do
|    echo "User $count is: $user\{$count\}"
|done

|This obviously doesn't work and what I want for the output is:

|User 1 is: x1
|User 2 is: x2

|Either Bourne or Korne is fine.

I got the solution from Siegfried Leisen, e-mail:

| eval echo "User $count is: \$user$count"

This did the trick.
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Bill Irwin     -      The Westrheim Group     -    Vancouver, BC, Canada
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user1=x1
user2=x2
for count in 1 2
do
    echo "User $count is: "$(eval echo $"user$count")
done

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: user1=x1
: user2=x2
: for count in 1 2
: do
:     echo "User $count is: $user\{$count\}"
-> eval echo "User $count is: \$user$count"
: done

: This obviously doesn't work and what I want for the output is:

: User 1 is: x1
: User 2 is: x2

: Either Bourne or Korne is fine.
: --
: Bill Irwin     -      The Westrheim Group     -    Vancouver, BC, Canada
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: uunet!twg!bill              604-431-9600 (voice) |     Your Computer  

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Quote:> Here's a cute one that has me stumped.
> user1=x1
> user2=x2
> for count in 1 2
> do
>     echo "User $count is: $user\{$count\}"