[Bash] array `ls` output
 

I'm having a problem with arraying the output of the list function, ls, which is strange because I just had the capability earlier today.

bash-3.2$ array=$(`ls`)
bash: asat: command not found

I simply want to create an array that has file listings from the current directory. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

You mean 'array=($(theCommandToRun))'? BTW watch your IFS if you do stuff like that.

Correct. None of the file listings currently have white spaces, so I don't think I'm having a problem related to IFS. I thought I was performing a pretty basic operation, and it was working until about an hour ago.

Ponder preventing versus curing?

I don't know why it worked for you before. Doesn't seem like it should have. But you can accomplish what you want using:

or

ls may be aliased. It often is. To be sure of getting the standard command use /bin/ls or \ls.

ls lists files across the page. To get one per line use ls -1 (that's a number 1).

The robust way to read file names into shell variables is detailed here as This can, of course, be adapted to load an array, one member per loop pass.