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Arkadiusz Drabczyk
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There are no arrays in plain Bourne shell. You can use the following way to create an array and traverse it:

#!/bin/sh
# ARRAY.sh: example usage of arrays in Bourne Shell

array_traverse()
{
    for i in $(seq 1 $2)
    do
    current_value=$1$i
    echo $(eval echo \$$current_value)
    done
    return 1
}

ARRAY_1=one
ARRAY_2=two
ARRAY_3=333
array_traverse ARRAY_ 3

No matter what way to use arrays in shsh would you pick it will always be cumbersome. Consider using a different language such as PythonPython or PerlPerl if you can unless you are stuck with a very limited platform or want to learn something.

There are no arrays in plain Bourne shell. You can use the following way to create an array and traverse it:

#!/bin/sh
# ARRAY.sh: example usage of arrays in Bourne Shell

array_traverse()
{
    for i in $(seq 1 $2)
    do
    current_value=$1$i
    echo $(eval echo \$$current_value)
    done
    return 1
}

ARRAY_1=one
ARRAY_2=two
ARRAY_3=333
array_traverse ARRAY_ 3

No matter what way to use arrays in sh would you pick it will always be cumbersome. Consider using a different language such as Python or Perl if you can unless you are stuck with a very limited platform or want to learn something.

There are no arrays in plain Bourne shell. You can use the following way to create an array and traverse it:

#!/bin/sh
# ARRAY.sh: example usage of arrays in Bourne Shell

array_traverse()
{
    for i in $(seq 1 $2)
    do
    current_value=$1$i
    echo $(eval echo \$$current_value)
    done
    return 1
}

ARRAY_1=one
ARRAY_2=two
ARRAY_3=333
array_traverse ARRAY_ 3

No matter what way to use arrays in sh would you pick it will always be cumbersome. Consider using a different language such as Python or Perl if you can unless you are stuck with a very limited platform or want to learn something.

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Arkadiusz Drabczyk
Arkadiusz Drabczyk
  • 26.6k
  • 5
  • 56
  • 70

There are no arrays in plain Bourne shell. You can use the following way to create an array and traverse it:

#!/bin/sh
# ARRAY.sh: example usage of arrays in Bourne Shell

array_traverse()
{
    for i in $(seq 1 $2)
    do
    current_value=$1$i
    echo $(eval echo \$$current_value)
    done
    return 1
}

ARRAY_1=one
ARRAY_2=two
ARRAY_3=333
array_traverse ARRAY_ 3

No matter what way to use arrays in sh would you pick it will always be cumbersome. Consider using a different language such as Python or Perl if you can unless you are stuck with a very limited platform or want to learn something.