CODEWITHSUNDEEP
linuxbashshell
user2632918
user2632918

Reputation:

directorylist in shell sh-Script

i have a sh-Script with:

  #!/bin/sh

  dirs=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%P\n') )
        echo "There are ${#dirs[@]} dirs in the current path"

        let i=1

        for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
            echo "$((i++)) $dir"
        done
        answer=2

        echo "you selected ${dirs[$answer]}!"

But i got the error:

symfonymenu.sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")

its the line ...dirs=

I like to echo all available directories in a folder that user can select it in a prompt interface.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (2)

Joni
Joni

Reputation: 111259

You use features from the bash shell, so you should execute the script in bash. Change the first line to:

#!/bin/bash

/bin/sh can be any POSIX-compatible shell, for example on Ubuntu it's dash.

Upvotes: 3

konsolebox
konsolebox

Reputation: 75488

That's a bash script so you should make sure that you're running it with bash. Call it as bash script.sh. Also you should start your index from 0 not 1: let i=0.

Upvotes: 2

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