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I am trying to access a file that has a variable in its name (i.e. file_n: file_1, file_2, etc). I am trying to access it with

cat $file_$n

But this doesn't work. Any ideas?

Mike Laren
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Remove $ from file, use cat file_$n instead to view the content of the file.

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