Re: Is there a way to acess expanded value of REG_EXPAND_SZ ?

[Linda Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>]

On 11/4/2013 9:57 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, All!
>
> Started to write scripts, that rely on registry, and hit a nail right off the
> bat. I need to access expanded value of REG_EXPAND_SZ type.
> Reading documentation doesn't help.
> Is this possible?
> Or should I go through a loop of calling cmd.exe to manually expand variables?
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You might want to read the strings then use 'sed' to replace
to do:
sed -r 's/%([^%]+)%/\$\1/g'
on your string, then eval it...

something like:
shvar="$(echo "$RG_XPND_S"|sed -r  's/%([^%]+)%/\$\1/g')"
value= eval "echo $shvar"

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The above is untested, but it should point you in the right
direction...(crossing fingers).






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