I am thinking of trying AudioScope.sh in pure POSIX so...
I need an array in dash, I know it is not possible but pseudo-arrays are.
I have two versions that work, the second is an idea from the WWW.
The first is what I would like to use.
There are problems in both...
The first has two problems:
1) It needs "eval" to create a number of variables "VAR0, VAR1, VAR2 ... VARn".
AND
2) I have no idea if there is a limit to how many variables POSIX allows.
The minimum I would need is 48000 and the maximum 65536.
The second is a modified version from the WWW and has a major problem as well as 'eval' and the 'maximum limit' too.
But the main one is I have no idea how to make it mutable.
So the questions are:
Is there a better method than either of mine that creates a pseudo-array that is fully mutable?
Is there a limit to the number of variables to create a pseudo-array in POSIX?
Is it possible to eliminate 'eval' to create a pseudo-array, (I suspect the answer is no)...
TIA...
This is mutable...
This is immutable.
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Execute the above, then call part of your scheme to assign each of the elements to your array. Personally, I would avoid dash if possible if you need features like typedef, declare, arrays.... AFAIK a Linux system with /bin/sh == dash also will have /bin/bash available, too. ---Not applicable to ARM linux and other minimized CE versions of Linux. A shebang with #!/bin/bash seems preferable. Unless of course this is all just meant for fun. You do realize that extensive workarounds for production systems are generally bad idea.
If your array elements do not contain <newline> characters and do not contain elements that are longer than 2047 bytes, you could always use a plain text file as your array with each line in the file being an array element. You can then use shell for and/or while loops to process array elements in sequence.
If you need random access to array elements, you could use ed to access or replace individual elements in your array directly without affecting other elements (lines) in your array (file).
Without knowing more about the data you want to put into your array and what you want to do with your array after you create it, there are lots and lots of possibilities (many of which might be completely impossible for what you might actually be trying to do).
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