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For-loop - appending to arrays with iterator in the array name
I have the following problem. I have an array arr with some values. I want to sort each value into a set of different - and already declared - arrays earr$j, i.e. arr[0] into earr1, arr[1] into earr2 ...
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for loop and appending over list of arrays
I am new to Bash scripting and presently find myself dealing with a small problem in working with for loops, arrays and variable assignment/substitution which I do not know how to solve. Since I am ...
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Array Declaration: Double Quotes & Parentheses
Perhaps this is a stupid question but two hours on Google hasn't turned up anything on point. Simply, does a difference exist in Bash between: X=" a b c " and X=( a b c ) The former ...
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Why is "${ARRAY[@]}" expanded into multiple words, when it's quoted?
I don't understand why "${ARRAY[@]}" gets expanded to multiple words, when it's quoted ("...")? Take this example: IFS=":" read -ra ARRAY <<< "foo:bar:baz" for e in "${ARRAY[@]}"; do echo $...
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