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bash_array_operations.md

Modify bash array items without looping

Original post from: http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1826

replace any "ba" substring with "TT" in every array item

array=( foo babar baz )
array=( "${array[@]//ba/TT}" )
echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace only the first "ba" substring with "TT" in every array item

orig=( foo babar baz ) array=( foo babar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/ba/TT}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

orig=( foo bar baz

append "foo" to every array item

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/%/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace last char "r" with "foo"

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/%r/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

prepend "foo" to every array item

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/#/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace "ba" at the beginning with "foo"

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/#ba/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace any array item matching "b*" with "foo"

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/%b*/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace any array item matching "*z" with "foo"

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]/#*z/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

replace any array item matching "a" with "foo"

array=( foo bar baz ) #array=( "${array[@]/%*a*/foo}" ) array=( "${array[@]/#*a*/foo}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

delete a single leading or trailing space from any array item

cf. http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1816

array=( " foo" "bar " baz ) array=( "${array[@]/# /}" ) array=( "${array[@]/% /}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

further Bash array tips

for positional parameters also see:

http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1706

get the first array item

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]:0:1}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

get the last array item

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]: -1}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

get all array items after the first one

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]:1}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

get the second array item

array=( foo bar baz ) array=( "${array[@]:1:1}" ) echo "${orig[@]}"$'\n'"${array[@]}"

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