[SOLVED] Collapsing a Bash array into a comma-separated string

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[SOLVED] Collapsing a Bash array into a comma-separated string

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05-21-2019, 12:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NevemTeve

Code:

array=(1 "2 2" '3 3')
printf -v Tmp "%s," "${array[@]}"
echo ${Tmp%,}

code golf!
(this is not only a few characters but also one subshell less)

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