Passing a var thru a file

[Ray Wallace]

In article <1991Jun18.153222.20836 at cid.aes.doe.CA>, afsipmh at cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA writes...
>Say i have a file that (just for the sake of this question) contains
>just one word:
>$ENVAR
It actualy isn't peculuar to files.

>var=`cat file`
>echo $var     #gives (literally) $ENVAR

Try 
	eval echo $var

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