Dec 10, 2009 · For example, FreeBSD doesn't ship with bash (it's installable from ports though). Scripts written assuming bash features aren't portable, and they're noticably slower slower …

37 Bash doesn't have multi-dimensional array. But you can simulate a somewhat similar effect with associative arrays. The following is an example of associative array pretending to be used …

Here is an example where I receive 2 bash arrays into a function, as well as additional arguments after them. This pattern can be continued indefinitely for any number of bash arrays and any …

ARRAY=() ARRAY+=('foo') ARRAY+=('bar') Bash Reference Manual: In the context where an assignment statement is assigning a value to a shell variable or array index (see Arrays), the …

I'm trying to declare and append to an array in a bash script, after searching i resulted in this code.

Mar 19, 2017 · Dump array in reusable format (without loop): pure bash, without loop and without fork, using two step, you could build a variable ready to re-define your array elsewhere.

bash has only one data type: string. Even arrays are simply another form of syntactic quoting, to allow lists of strings containing arbitrary values (i.e., whitespace). (Associative arrays, …

Jan 16, 2012 · Without them, the for loop will break up the array by substrings separated by any spaces within the strings instead of by whole string elements within the array. ie: if you had …

Jun 30, 2009 · Given bash array array1, the syntax to obtain all elements of this array is "${array1[@]}". Since all incoming parameters to a bash function or executable file get …

A bash array of arrays is possible, if you convert and store each array as a string using declare -p (see my function stringify). This will properly handle spaces and any other problem characters …