Re: passing array to command line argument.

[Dolphin06]

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
Thank you for helping.


Chet Ramey wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello i would like to pass an array to my script command line argument,
>> but
>> only the first element of the array is displayed.  Here is my process :
>> 
>> script1:
>> my_array=(el1 el2 el3)
>> script2 -f $my_array
> 
> You're only passing the first element of the array to script2.  An
> unsubscripted word expansion expands to the first element of an array.
> 
> Chet
> 
> -- 
> ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
> 
> Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@case.edu   
> http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: 
http://www.nabble.com/passing-array-to-command-line-argument.-tp20914576p20915715.html
Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com.