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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Need a Bash script for iterating thru an array and running a command Post 303026955 by Corona688 on Wednesday 5th of December 2018 01:32:59 PM
Old 12-05-2018
I'm not sure what you're trying to do with your code, you're way overthinking it. All you need is text and a basic loop.

Version which is just text:
Code:
VAR="2567538 2356789"
for x in $VAR # Note VAR is not quoted here
do
        echo "x=$x"
done

People jump straight into bash arrays convinced that everything needs to be an array when much of the time it's not really need at all.

Note how much more complicated the array use is:

Code:
ARR=( 1234 5678 )

for x in "${ARR[@]}" # Note, requires special syntax and quoting
do
        echo "x=$x"
done

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Collator::sort - Sort array using specified collator

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
public bool Collator::sort (array &$arr, [int $sort_flag]) DESCRIPTION
Procedural style bool collator_sort (Collator $coll, array &$arr, [int $sort_flag]) This function sorts an array according to current locale rules. Equivalent to standard PHP sort(3) . PARAMETERS
o $coll -Collator object. o $arr - Array of strings to sort. o $sort_flag - Optional sorting type, one of the following: o Collator::SORT_REGULAR - compare items normally (don't change types) o Collator::SORT_NUMERIC - compare items numerically o Collator::SORT_STRING - compare items as strings Default sorting type is Collator::SORT_REGULAR. It is also used if an invalid $sort_flag value has been specified. RETURN VALUES
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