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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: Gnu Bash Manual - Getting the Array Size
From:       Chet Ramey <chet.ramey () case ! edu>
Date:       2021-12-16 19:29:09
Message-ID: 53b66d2a-6723-6537-3ee6-c1e713489cf0 () case ! edu
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On 12/16/21 1:33 PM, fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again
SHell wrote:
> 
> Have been reading the Gnu Bash Manual "6.7 Arrays" and there is no mention of \
> ${#name[*]} to get the array size. 

"${#NAME[SUBSCRIPT]}' expands to the length of
'${NAME[SUBSCRIPT]}'.  If SUBSCRIPT is '@' or '*', the expansion is the
number of elements in the array."


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