Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The

Array Variables

One-dimensional arrays are supported by the Korn shell. On most systems, arrays can have a maximum of 512 elements. Array subscripts start at 0 and go up to 511. Any variable can become an array by simply referring to it with a subscript.

Array Variable Assignment Format

variable[0]=value variable[1]=value... variable[n]=value set –A variable value0 value1... valuen typeset variable[0]=value variable[1]=value... variable[n]=value	assign values to array variable elements
set +A variable value0 value1... valuen	reassign values to array variable elements
typeset –attributes variable[0]=value variable[1]=value... variable[n]=value	assign attributes and values to array variable elements
typeset –attributes variable	assign attributes to ...