(Fwd) Re:Bash Programming

[Paul King]

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From:           	Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
To:             	Devin Whalen <devin-Gq53QDLGkWIleAitJ8REmdBPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org>
Subject:        	Re: [TLUG]: Bash Programming
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Subject:        	[TLUG]: Bash Programming
From:           	Devin Whalen <devin-Gq53QDLGkWIleAitJ8REmdBPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org>
To:             	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Organization:   	Synaptic Vision
Date sent:      	Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:18:56 -0400
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> Hey,
> 
> I am new to bash programming so I don't know what is wrong with this
> piece of code.  I am trying to create an array and loop through it:
> 
> export_tables=( "table1" "table2" "table3" "table4" )
> #export_tables[0]="hello"

The second line is commented out.

To make an array, another way to do it is like this:

    export_tables='table1 table2 table3 table4'

... assuming there is no whitespace in any of the table names.

> 
>         for table in ${export_tables[@]};

to do it my way:

          for table in $export_tables ; do
              echo $table
          done

there is no need of a semicolon if you have a newline between the "for" and 
"do"
statements.

>                 do
>                   echo "$table"
>                 done
> 
> However, when I run this I get the error:
> import.sh: 16: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
> Which is on the line with:
> export_tables=( "cp_visa" "cp_mc" "cp_diners" "cp_amex" )
> 
> If I run this on my Mandrake Linux box it runs find however when I run
> it on my freeBSD server I get the error.
> When I run bash --version on the freeBSD box I get:
> GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd5.2)
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> Does this version not support arrays?  Is there some setting I have to
> edit?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Later
> 
> 
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