Execute the result of grep as a command

Question

I grep a command from a file and I would like to pipe and execute them? Anyone has an idea?

cat README | grep source

gives source myEnv.sh

Learn a little about Useless use of `cat`. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11710552/useless-use-of-cat — iamauser, Jan 25 '18 at 03:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '18 at 02:57

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You could surround the command with backticks:

$ `cat README | grep source`

answered Jan 25 '18 at 02:57

Mureinik

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