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# 1  
Old 09-24-2009
Array as argument
hi

I've 2 bash script, in the first i define an array and I'd like to pass it as argument to the second script.
For example:
first_bash:
Code:
k=(1 2 3 4)
.......
#in the end i call the 2 script

./second_bash $k

then in the second_bash:

Code:
.....
echo "${1[*]}" #this not work

but i'm not able to manage the array in the 2 bash.

Any ideas?

thanks

D.

--------------------------------------------

Hi
I've tried as follow:

Code:
k=(1 2 3 4)
.......
#in the end i call the 2 script

./second_bash "${k[*]}"

and in the second_bash i call it as

Code:
....
passed_arr=$1
echo "${passed_arr[*]}"
....

and it seems like to work. Anyway I'll check in deep. Thanks
D.
Last edited by Dedalus; 09-24-2009 at 10:50 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-28-2009
No i'm wrong, it doesn't work.
In this way I'm passing one array as just one elemnt.
Still looking for a solution

Thanks

D.
# 3  
Old 09-28-2009
In the second script you should do something like:

Code:
passed_arr=( $1 $2 $3 $4 )

# 4  
Old 09-28-2009
Code:
$ls -l
total 12
-rwxr-x---    1 co01387r spweb          52 sep 28 13:19 sh1.sh
-rwxr-x---    1 co01387r spweb          65 sep 28 13:22 sh2.sh

$more sh1.sh 
k=("my" "vector" "other" "colum")

./sh2.sh ${k[*]}

$more sh2.sh 
echo "Total camp:$#"
for camp in $*
do
        echo "Camp:${camp}"
done
$./sh1.sh 
Total camp:4
Camp:my
Camp:vector
Camp:other
Camp:colum

# 5  
Old 09-28-2009
Thank you!
I got it

D.
# 6  
Old 09-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
In the second script you should do something like:

Code:
passed_arr=( $1 $2 $3 $4 )

Code:
passed_arr=( "$@" )

# 7  
Old 09-28-2009
thx for reply Smilie
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