I'm trying to collect string values in a bash script. What's the simplest way that I can append string values to a list or array structure such that I can echo them out at the end?
6 Answers
$ arr=(1 2 3)
$ arr+=(4)
$ echo ${arr[@]}
1 2 3 4
Since Bash uses sparse arrays, you shouldn't use the element count ${#arr} as an index. You can however, get an array of indices like this:
$ indices=(${!arr[@]})
foo=(a b c)
foo=("${foo[@]}" d)
for i in "${foo[@]}"; do echo "$i" ; done
To add to what Ignacio has suggested in another answer:
foo=(a b c)
foo=("${foo[@]}" d) # push element 'd'
foo[${#foo[*]}]="e" # push element 'e'
for i in "${foo[@]}"; do echo "$i" ; done
$ for i in "string1" "string2" "string3"
> do
> array+=($i)
> done
$ echo ${array[@]}
string1 string2 string3
The rather obscure syntax for appending to the end of an array in Bash is illustrated by the following example:
myarr[${#myarr[*]}]="$newitem"
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