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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers redirect command output to variable Post 75779 by Simerian on Wednesday 22nd of June 2005 06:43:08 AM
Old 06-22-2005
You could try

for variable in $(find) do
array[counter]=variable
done

You then have an associative array that contains all the values. Obviously you would need to set up a counter for the subscript.

If you're interested in dynamically creating variable names, please note one of my earlier posts on this subject. It is incredibly powerful, especially when using common code modules in shell scripting:

www.unix.com - Faux hash table

Last edited by Simerian; 06-22-2005 at 09:37 AM..
 

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Compares the variable associated with the $key with $old_value and if it matches then assigns the $new_value to it. PARAMETERS
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