topic Re: How to assign File in to a ksh array in Operating System - HP-UX

How to assign File in to a ksh array

ashanabey — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:11:15 GMT

Hi ,

how do I assign the file values in to ksh array

sample file have below.

aa bb cc dd ee ff
gg hh ii jj kk ll

Thanks!

Ashan

Re: How to assign File in to a ksh array

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:17:05 GMT

Hi Ashan:

#!/usr/bin/sh
echo "Enter a series of space-delimited fields to populate ARY"
read LINE
set -A ARY ${LINE}
echo "${#ARY[*]} elements exist"
echo "element_0 = ${ARY[0]}"
echo "element_1 = ${ARY[1]}"
exit 0

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: How to assign File in to a ksh array

Dennis Handly — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:58:33 GMT

>how do I assign the file values in to ksh array

Use $(< file): set -A ARY $(< file)