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Old 01-09-2013
Array from cli input

I need to create a bash array from the command line parameters. I only know how to do it when I know the number of parameters. But what do I do when I dont know the number of parameters?
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Old 01-09-2013
Here is one way of doing it
Code:
#!/bin/bash

array=()
while IFS= read -r -p "Enter next item (blank to end input): " element
do
    [[ $element ]] || break
    array+=("$element")
done

printf "%s " "${array[@]}"
printf "\n"

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