myVAR='myArr' . ./myArraysFile # external file with all my arrays, one of the arrays is myArr=('one' 'two' 'three') I need to use this arrey with further scripting
Examples:
echo ${!myVAR}[1] # I want it to print 'two' or
for here in 'place.one' 'place.two';do ssh ${!myVAR}[7]@$here done and so one
If you are using bash release 4.3 or later, then use a name reference variable instead:
source ./myArraysFile declare -n myVAR=myArr printf '%s\n' "${myVAR[1]}" The variable myVAR above is a name reference variable, declared with declare -n and the value myArr. This means that each access to myVAR will access myArr.
