Using bash, I try to figure out how to fill a bidimentional array from the output of a curl command. 2 columns, but the number of line(s) is unknown. Let's say I get names and phone numbers separated by a space.
$ curl ${url}
Aname 000001
Bname 123456
CCname 000887
Dnname 354632
Xname 007008
...
All kind of help is welcome :) Thanks.
perhaps you can test with:
#!/bin/bash
declare -A myArray
while read key value; do
myArray["$key"]="$value"
done <<< $( curl "$url" )
# examples to use
echo "\$myArray has ${#myArray[@]} elements"
echo "here is the keys: ${!myArray[@]}"
echo "the whole array:"
for key in ${!myArray[@]}; do
echo "$key => ${myArray[$key]}"
done
for simulation, you can use:
...
done <<< $( cat << "END"
Aname 000001
Bname 123456
CCname 000887
Dnname 354632
Xname 007008
END
)
and the result will be:
$myArray has 5 elements
here is the keys: Aname Xname CCname Bname Dnname
the whole array:
Aname => 000001
Xname => 007008
CCname => 000887
Bname => 123456
Dnname => 354632
[CCname]="000887"And using the solution found below to create an associative array. bash-associative-array-with-command-output