I would like to use variable substitution on a particular string that I access via a command. For example, if I copy something into my clipboard, I can access it like this.
$ xclip -o -selection clipboardHere's a string I just copied.
If I assign it to a variable, then I can do variable substitution on it.
$ var=$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)$ echo $varHere's a string I just copied.$ echo ${var/copi/knott}Here's a string I just knotted.
However, is there a way to do variable substitution without assigning it to a variable? Conceptually, something like this.
$ echo ${$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)/copi/knott}bash: ${$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)/copi/knott}: bad substitution
This syntax fails, because var
should be a variable name, not a string.