Re: passing array to command line argument.

[Chet Ramey]

Dolphin06 wrote:
> Hello,
> So how can i pass the entire array, i m new to shell scripting so i do not
> really understand when you talk about unsubscripted word expansion

Since programs only take a list of strings as arguments, you have to expand
the array to a list of values.  The "${array[@]}" expansion can do that.
Expanding an array variable without using a subscript (${array} as opposed
to ${array[subscript]}) expands to the first element.

Chet

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