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HelloQuantumWorld
HelloQuantumWorld

Reputation: 157

how to pass list to function call from within another function

I have two functions and im trying to figure out how to pass a list to a function call from within another function

func1{
files=()

$(func2 ${files[@]})
}

func2{
#do something with the list
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 408

Answers (1)

Ted Lyngmo
Ted Lyngmo

Reputation: 117258

Make sure you have quotes (") around your list when you do the call to preserve any spaces that might be in the individual strings in the list.

Example:

#!/bin/bash

function func1 {
    files=("foo bar" "hello world")

    func2 "${files[@]}"
}

function func2 {
    for var in "$@"; do
        echo ">$var<"
    done
}

func1

Output:

>foo bar<
>hello world<

Upvotes: 2

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