Re: Syntax Question...

[Dennis Williamson]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> wrote:
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> I want to have an array of  'names'.
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> given a name, "X", I had a prefix, _p_, so have _p_X,
> I want to access / manipulate it as an array.
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> so given I pass in a name in a var, I have to use 'indirect' syntax:
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> ${!name}
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> But that doesn't seem to play well with array syntax:
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> ${#${!name}[*]}
> bash: ${#${!name}[*]}: bad substitution
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> What syntax would I use for this?
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Please read BashFAQ/006: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/006

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