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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to get list of user into an array.. Post 302452055 by frans on Thursday 9th of September 2010 03:57:25 AM
Old 09-09-2010
bash
Code:
A=( $(cut -d: -f1,3 /etc/group | tr '\n' ' ') )
echo "Number of elements in array: ${#A[@]}"
echo "Elements of array: ${A[@]}"

 

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RESET(3)								 1								  RESET(3)

reset - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element

SYNOPSIS
mixed reset (array &$array) DESCRIPTION
reset(3) rewinds $array's internal pointer to the first element and returns the value of the first array element. PARAMETERS
o $array - The input array. RETURN VALUES
Returns the value of the first array element, or FALSE if the array is empty. EXAMPLES
Example #1 reset(3) example <?php $array = array('step one', 'step two', 'step three', 'step four'); // by default, the pointer is on the first element echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" // skip two steps next($array); next($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step three" // reset pointer, start again on step one reset($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" ?> SEE ALSO
current(3), each(3), end(3), next(3), prev(3). PHP Documentation Group RESET(3)
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