Array of arrays in bash
I'm attempting to read an input file line by line which contains fields delimited by periods. I want to put them into an array of arrays so I can loop through them later on. The input appears to be ok, but 'pushing' that onto the array (inData) doesn't appear to be working.
The code goes :
Input file:
GSDB.GOSALESDW_DIST_INVENTORY_FACT.MONTH_KEY
GSDB.GOSALESDW_DIST_INVENTORY_FACT.ORGANIZATION_KEY
infile=${1}
OIFS=$IFS
IFS=":"
cat ${infile} | while read line
do
line=${line//\./:}
inarray=(${line})
# echo ${inarray[@]}
# echo ${#inarray[@]}
# echo ${inarray[0]}
# echo ${inarray[1]}
# echo ${inarray[2]}
inData=("${inData[@]}" "${inarray[@]}")
done
IFS=$OIFS
echo ${#inData[@]}
for ((i = 0; i < ${#inData[@]}; i++))
do
echo $i
for ((j = 0; j < ${#inData[$i][@]}; j++))
do
echo ${inData[$i][$j]}
done
done
Field nest box in bash but it can not circumvent see the example.
#!/bin/bash
# requires bash 4 or later; on macOS, /bin/bash is version 3.x,
# so need to install bash 4 or 5 using e.g. https://brew.sh
declare -a pages
pages[0]='domain.de;de;https'
pages[1]='domain.fr;fr;http'
for page in "${pages[@]}"
do
# turn e.g. 'domain.de;de;https' into
# array ['domain.de', 'de', 'https']
IFS=";" read -r -a arr <<< "${page}"
site="${arr[0]}"
lang="${arr[1]}"
prot="${arr[2]}"
echo "site : ${site}"
echo "lang : ${lang}"
echo "prot : ${prot}"
echo
done
Bash has no support for multidimensional arrays. Try
array=(a b c d)
echo ${array[1]}
echo ${array[1][3]}
echo ${array[1]exit}
For tricks how to simulate them, see Advanced Bash Scripting Guide.
Knowing that you can split string into "array". You could creat a list of lists. Like for example a list of databases in DB servers.
dbServersList=('db001:app001,app002,app003' 'db002:app004,app005' 'dbcentral:central')
# Loop over DB servers
for someDbServer in ${dbServersList[@]}
do
# delete previous array/list (this is crucial!)
unset dbNamesList
# split sub-list if available
if [[ $someDbServer == *":"* ]]
then
# split server name from sub-list
tmpServerArray=(${someDbServer//:/ })
someDbServer=${tmpServerArray[0]}
dbNamesList=${tmpServerArray[1]}
# make array from simple string
dbNamesList=(${dbNamesList//,/ })
fi
# Info
echo -e "\n----\n$someDbServer\n--"
# Loop over databases
for someDB in ${dbNamesList[@]}
do
echo $someDB
done
done
Output of above would be:
----
db001
--
app001
app002
app003
----
db002
--
app004
app005
----
dbcentral
--
central