set variable on the same line as command

Question

In sh programming I can do:

dryrun="echo " ./myscript.sh

And script uses it as:

${dryrun}ls -l (as an example)

I can't seem to figure out how to call script in csh with the same effect

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Answer 1

An easy solution is to use the env command:

env dryrun=echo ./myscript.sh

This will work with pretty much any shell. The env command takes a list of var=value pairs and adds them to the environment of whatever command is at the end of the list. See man env for more information.

set variable on the same line as command

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