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Old 05-28-2013
Storing filenames in an array in shell script
hi,

i am writing a shell script in which i read a line in a variable.

Code:
FNAME="s1.txt s2.txt s3.txt s4.txt s5.txt"

i want to create a array and store single file names in a array..
so the array should contain

Code:
arr[0]="s1.txt"
arr[1]="s2.txt"
arr[2]="s3.txt"
arr[3]="s4.txt"
arr[4]="s5.txt"

how to do this?
# 2  
Old 05-28-2013
Code:
$ FNAME="s1.txt s2.txt s3.txt s4.txt s5.txt"
$ FARRAY=($FNAME)
$ echo ${FARRAY[0]}
s1.txt
$ echo ${FARRAY[1]}
s2.txt

so long as your filenames don't have any whitespace.
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Old 05-28-2013
It depends which shell you are using. In ksh you might need to declare an array first with:-
Code:
$ set -A FARRARY

I think bash may allow use of arrays by default, but I am happy to be corrected.



Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
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Old 05-28-2013
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