Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello!

Can I use array in sh? or only in ksh and bash?

Thanks!

Yes, this is a basic sh example.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
set -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
        echo $1
        shift;
done

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Ok, thanks!

but if i wanna passa an array as a parameter like: sh script array, how i do this?
and how use this array in my script?

Pass array element as parameter.

Code:

# cat test.sh
#!/bin/sh
count=1
while [ $count -le $# ]
do
        echo $count;
        count=`expr $count + 1`;
done
# ./test.sh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Ok, but if i do in my command line:
$ array[0]=zero
$ array[1]=one
$ array[2]=two

and i pass the array like this:
sh script ${array[*]}

i don't want that array[0] is my $1, array[1] is my $2...

does exists other form for do this?

i wanna use in my sh code my array, like:

if i wanna print "one" i wanna do something like this
echo $array[1]

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ksh and bash have different kinds of arrays. First you should make clear which shell you want to use please.

Ok, sorry!
I modify my post

Ok, but if i do in my command line:

Code:

#array[0]=zero
#array[1]=one
 #array[2]=two

and i pass the array like this:
sh script ${array[*]}

i don't want that array[0] is my $1, array[1] is my $2...

does exists other form for do this?

i wanna use in my sh code my array, like:

if i wanna print "one" i wanna do something like this

Code:

 echo $array[1]