ordinary array
define a array
array_var=(1 2 3 4 5 6)
Alternately, define an array as a set of index-value pairs as follows:
array_var[0]="test1"
array_var[1]="test2"
array_var[2]="test3"
array_var[3]="test4"
array_var[4]="test5"
array_var[5]="test6"
Print the contents of an array at a given index using:
$ echo ${array_var[0]}
test1
index=5
$ echo ${array_var[$index]}
test6
Print all of the values in an array as a list using:
$ echo ${array_var[*]}
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6
Alternately, you can use:
$ echo ${array_var[@]}
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6
Print the length of an array (the number of elements in an array), as follows:
$ echo ${#array_var[*]}
6
Defining associative arrays
$ declare -A fruits_value
$ fruits_value=([apple]='100dollars' [orange]='150 dollars')Display the content of an array as follows:
$ echo "Apple costs ${fruits_value[apple]}"
Apple costs 100 dollars
Listing of array indexes
$ echo ${!array_var[*]}
Or, we can also use:
$ echo ${!array_var[@]}