Hi,

I'm most likely not even asking this question correctly so let me try to explain as best I can.

I'm running the following relevance query using curl and need for the $bfquery variable to recognize $bfcomputer as the value of the argument when I run the script. Sort of nesting a variable inside of a variable if you will. 

$bfquery='query?relevance=%28names%20of%20it%2C%20ip%20addresses%20of%
+20it%2C%20root%20server%20of%20it%2C%20operating%20systems%20of%20it%
+2C%20
last%20report%20time%20of%20it%2C%20agent%20versions%20of%20it%2C%20va
+lues%20of%20results%20from%20%28BES%20Property%20%22_SupportGroup%22%
+29%20of%20it%29%20of%20bes%20
computers%20whose%20%28%20name%20of%20it%20as%20lowercase%20starts%20w
+ith%20%22$bfcomputer%22%29';

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tried putting {} around $bfcomputer but that did not help.

Kind Regards,

Tony

In reply to Help with script recognizing variable in string by TonyNY

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