eval

wikipedia:eval

• Man page: https://ss64.com/bash/eval.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/816-0210/6m6nb7m8q/index.html

eval `ssh-agent -s`
Agent pid 22010

eval $(op signin my)

eval is used when you want to dynamically create variables, or to read outputs from programs specifically designed to be read like this.

Related

• direnv
• Invoke-Expression

See also

• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly, $1, $@, Bash versions, Backslash \
• Shell: Fish shell, sh, Bash, ksh, zsh, ash, PowerShell (Windows), /usr/bin/env, .hushlogin, dash, tcsh, Shell redirection,dquote, $SHELL, Google Cloud Shell, AWS CloudShell, explainshell.com, vmware_vm_shell, Nushell, Fig.io, direnv