Bash files > array

tigeraven · 12-12-2005, 07:46 PM

Hi,
I would like to put the contents of a dir into an array within a bash script. So I can be able to perform an operation on each element. I am having difficulty finding any source of info on how to do this. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

sirclif · 12-12-2005, 08:36 PM

well, i'm not exactly sure how to put them into an array, but the following will print all the files in the directory.
[code]
#! /bin/bash

for $file in *
do
echo "$file"
end
[\code]

so you could easily replace the echo statement to do something to each element, or add each element to an array.

dugas · 12-13-2005, 12:02 AM

counter=0
arrayName=[]

for i in *
do
arrayName[$counter]=$i
counter=`expr $counter+1`
done

for ((i=0;i<$counter;i++))
do
echo ${arrayName[$i]}
done

exit

tigeraven · 12-13-2005, 03:40 AM

That does the trick, thanks man