03-10-2015
Adding an element to a bash array with a variable
Hello,
I have a simple task and I am having some trouble with the syntax. I have a variable with an assigned value,
CMD_STRING='-L 22 -s 0 -r -O -A i -N 100 -n'
I would like to add that variable to an array. As far as I have been able to look up, the syntax should be something like,
CMD_STRING_LIST=("${CMD_STRING_LIST[@]}" "$CMD_STRING")
This does not work and the array is empty, even though I can print the contents of $CMD_STRING. The only examples I can find of this technique use hard coded values to add to the array like,
LIST=("${LIST[@]}" "stuff1" "stuff2" "stuff3")
I find this kind of example to be a bit annoying because I can't envision many real world examples where I would hard code data to add to an array. At least I think it is far more likely for such data to exist in variables.
Am I using the wrong technique here or do I have the syntax wrong?
LMHmedchem
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NAME
upscli_list_start - begin multi-item retrieval from a UPS
SYNOPSIS
#include <upsclient.h>
int upscli_list_start(UPSCONN_t *ups, int numq, const char **query)
DESCRIPTION
The upscli_list_start() function takes the pointer ups to a UPSCONN_t state structure, and the pointer query to an array of numq query
elements. It builds a properly-formatted request from those elements and transmits it to upsd(8).
Upon success, the caller must call upscli_list_next(3) to retrieve the elements of the list. Failure to retrieve the list will most likely
result in the client getting out of sync with the server due to buffered data.
USES
This function implements the "LIST" command in the protocol. As a result, you can use it to request many different things from the server.
Some examples are:
o LIST UPS
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QUERY FORMATTING
To see the list of variables on a UPS called su700, the protocol command would be LIST VAR su700. To start that list with this function,
you would populate query and numq as follows:
int numq;
const char *query[2];
query[0] = "VAR";
query[1] = "su700";
numq = 2;
All escaping of special characters and quoting of elements with spaces are handled for you inside this function.
ERROR CHECKING
This function checks the response from upsd(8) against your query. If it is not starting a list, or is starting the wrong type of list, it
will return an error code.
When this happens, upscli_upserror(3) will return UPSCLI_ERR_PROTOCOL.
RETURN VALUE
The upscli_list_start() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
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