Bash scripting -- Usage of arrays

[Jayesh Jayan]

Hi Freddie,

Thank you.

I have only installed  bash2. I hope that may be one reason.

Anyhow I have got the solution for other people in the list.

Thank you once again.

On 11/30/05, Freddie Cash <fcash-ml at sd73.bc.ca> wrote:
>
> On November 29, 2005 01:09 pm, Jayesh Jayan wrote:
> > Today I was trying to script using arrays in FreeBSD 5.4 but it doesn't
> > work.
>
> > Below is a sample script which I used.
> > ******************************************************
> > #!/bin/bash
>
> > array=( zero one two three four);
> > echo "Elements in array0:  ${array[@]}"
> > ******************************************************
>
> > It works fine on RedHat server.
> > Below is the output.
>
> > # sh array.sh
> > Elements in array0:  zero one two three four
>
> /bin/sh on Linux is actually /bin/bash.
>
> > Below is the out put from the FreeBSD server using the same code.
> > -bash-2.05b# sh aa.sh
> > aa.sh: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>
> /bin/sh on FreeBSD is /bin/sh, the original Bourne shell.  It doesn't use
> that syntax
>
> > Please guide me on how to use arrays on freebsd too.
>
> Install the bash1, bash2, or bash port and use /usr/local/bin/bash to
> execute the script.
>
> Works correctly on my 5.4 and 6.0 systems using the bash-emulation in zsh.
>
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