How Do I Use an Array in Linux?
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How do I read an array in Linux?

You can easily count the total number of elements of any bash array by using “#” and “*” symbol which is shown in the first part of the following example. For loop is commonly used to iterate the values of any array. You can also read array values and array indexes separately by using for loops.

How do you declare an array in Linux?

We can declare an array in a shell script in different ways.

  1. Indirect Declaration. In Indirect declaration, We assigned a value in a particular index of Array Variable. No need to first declare. …
  2. Explicit Declaration. In Explicit Declaration, First We declare array then assigned the values. …
  3. Compound Assignment.
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