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Old 07-12-2010
Simple list file ls to an array
Hi all,
Simple question, how can I simply create an array from listing the files in a directory i..e

Code:
myvar=`ls`;
echo $myvar

gives a fulllist of files/ directories

how can I now convery myvar to an array so I can loop around and read each file/dir?

Thnaks

CFSmilie
Last edited by pludi; 07-12-2010 at 09:25 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
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Old 07-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by cyberfrog
how can I simply create an array from listing the files in a directory
Bash:

Code:
array=( $( ls . ) )

# 3  
Old 07-12-2010
I seem to get this error:

/usr/bin/ksh: syntax error: '(' unexpected

?
# 4  
Old 07-12-2010
I think that kind of array syntax is ksh93.

You could try the old-fashioned way:

Code:
$ touch File1 File2 File3
$ set -A array *
$ echo ${array[0]}
File1

Useless if your filenames have spaces.
# 5  
Old 07-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by cyberfrog
so I can loop around and read each file/dir?
If your final goal is to loop through the file/dir then probably you don't need an array.
Code:
for file in *
do
 echo $file
done

Again, its just a suggestion.
# 6  
Old 07-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by anchal_khare
If your final goal is to loop through the file/dir then probably you don't need an array.
Code:
for file in *
do
 echo $file
done

Again, its just a suggestion.

If you double quote "$file" after the echo command, that loop can handle any file name.

Regards,
Alister
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Old 07-13-2010
cheers guys, nice back to basics reminder, yep it was being in a different shell the key!

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Does anyone know what the syntax is for borune shell? seems only one that is missing and it doesn't recognise any of these commands for convert a variable to an array
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