I am parsing a log file and creating associative arrays for each user with the line number and the last field (total time logged in). The lines of the log file look like this:

jww3321 pts/2 cpe-76-180-64-22 Mon Oct 18 23:29 - 00:27 (00:58)

jpd8635 pts/1 cpe-74-67-131-24 Mon Oct 18 23:22 - 03:49 (04:26)

Where the first field (jww3321) will be the array name and the first entry in the array will be (1,00:58), the next will be (2,(the next time for user)). In order to obtain the proper keys I need to save the the length of list and add one to it when I add the next value to a user array. My code so far looks like this:

cat lastinfo.txt | while read line
do
    uname=`echo "$line" | awk '{print $1;}'`
    count=`echo "${#$uname[@]}"`
    echo "$count"
done

I have tried using indirect references but I am stuck with this error:

l8t1: line 7: ${#$uname[@]}: bad substitution

Any suggestions?

I am parsing a log file and creating associative arrays for each user with the line number and the last field (total time logged in). The lines of the log file look like this:

jww3321   pts/2        cpe-76-180-64-22 Mon Oct 18 23:29 - 00:27  (00:58)
jpd8635   pts/1        cpe-74-67-131-24 Mon Oct 18 23:22 - 03:49  (04:26)

Where the first field (jww3321) will be the array name and the first entry in the array will be (1,00:58), the next will be (2,(the next time for user)). In order to obtain the proper keys I need to save the the length of list and add one to it when I add the next value to a user array. My code so far looks like this:

cat lastinfo.txt | while read line
do
    uname=`echo "$line" | awk '{print $1;}'`
    count=`echo "${#$uname[@]}"`
    echo "$count"
done

I have tried using indirect references but I am stuck with this error:

l8t1: line 7: ${#$uname[@]}: bad substitution

Any suggestions?