I have code like that:
TEXT_TO_FILTER='I would like to replace this $var to proper value
in multiline text'
var=variable
All I want to get is:
TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED="I'd like to replace this variable to proper value"
So I did:
TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED=`eval echo $TEXT_TO_FILTER`
TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED=`eval echo $(eval echo $TEXT_TO_FILTER)`
Or even more weirder things, but without any effects. I remember that someday I had similar problem and I did something like that:
cat << EOF > tmp.sh
echo $TEXT_TO_FILTER
EOF
chmod +x tmp.sh
TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED=`. tmp.sh`
But this solution seems to be to much complex. Have any of You heard about easier solution?
For security reasons it's best to avoid eval
. Something like this would be preferable:
TEXT_TO_FILTER='I would like to replace this %s to proper value'
var=variable
printf -v TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED "$TEXT_TO_FILTER" "$var"
# or TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED=$(printf "$TEXT_TO_FILTER" "$var")
echo "$TEXT_AFTER_FILTERED"
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