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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using arrays in bash using strings to bash built-in true Post 302614403 by kristinu on Wednesday 28th of March 2012 12:44:39 PM
Old 03-28-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
If you only need your script to run in the 1% of the world that has a new enough version of bash, yes...

Try quoting your strings.

Code:
VAR['asdf']=1
echo "${VAR['asdf']}"

How about ksh? Can I use associative arrays without worry about using them?

Can one do the following in bash?
Code:
false=0
true=1

It works but one has to define the array as associative using:
Code:
declare -A VAR


Last edited by kristinu; 03-28-2012 at 01:54 PM..
 

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If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
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