Shell Programming and Scripting

eval ${1}_file_array[\${#${1}_file_array[@]}]="$line"

$ echo ${#src[@]}
0

$ src[${#src[@]}]=hello

$ echo ${#src[@]}
1

$ echo ${src[0]}
hello

$ src[${#src[@]}]=world

$ echo ${#src[@]}
2

$ echo ${src[1]}
world

CreateArray()
{

  echo "\n Please enter tables that are affected in '<DBName>.<Tablename(s)>' format      :\n"

  i=0
  while read line; do
    if [ ${#line} -gt 0 ]; then
      eval ${1}_file_array[\${#${1}_file_array[@]}]="$line"
      eval ${1}_db_array[\${#${1}_db_array[@]}]="${line%.*}"
      eval ${1}_table_array[\${#${1}_table_array[@]}]="${line#*.}"
      i=$((i + 1))
    else       # added this
      break    # added this
    fi
  done
  eval ${1}_count=$i
  return $i
}

DB1.TABLE1
DB2.TABLE2
DB3.TABLE3
DB4.TABLE4
DB5.TABLE5

 TABLE1_unload.scrpt
 TABLE2_unload.scrpt
 TABLE3_unload.scrpt
 TABLE4_unload.scrpt
 TABLE5_unload.scrpt