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mcgrailm
mcgrailm

Reputation: 17638

Bash looping through array of arrays

I am writing a script in BASH 3.2 I have an array of printers with properties I would like to loop through and I'm not getting anything.

Here is how I expected it to work:

#!/bin/bash
NMR=("NMR_hp_color_LaserJet_3700" "HP Color LaserJet 3700");
R303=("303_HP_Color_LaserJet_CP5225n" 'HP Color LaserJet CP5520 Series');
Printers=("NMR" "R303")

for i in "${Printers[@]}"
do
    for x in "${i}"
       do
           echo "${x[1]}"
       done
done

I found this which is closer as it outputs all the values but I can't target a specific property of the printer:

#!/bin/bash
NMR=("NMR_hp_color_LaserJet_3700" "HP Color LaserJet 3700");
R303=("303_HP_Color_LaserJet_CP5225n" 'HP Color LaserJet CP5520 Series');
Printers=("NMR" "R303")

for i in "${Printers[@]}"
do
    arrayz="$i[@]"
    for x in "${!arrayz}"
       do
           echo "$x";
       done
done

How can I target a specific property ?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 899

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 786091

You can use indirect variable expansion:

for i in "${Printers[@]}"; do
    j="$i[@]"
    a=("${!j}")
    echo "${a[@]}"
done

NMR_hp_color_LaserJet_3700 HP Color LaserJet 3700
303_HP_Color_LaserJet_CP5225n HP Color LaserJet CP5520 Series

Update: To get elements of particular index 1 you can use:

for i in "${Printers[@]}"; do j="$i[@]"; a=("${!j}"); echo "${a[1]}"; done
HP Color LaserJet 3700
HP Color LaserJet CP5520 Series

Upvotes: 3

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