You can generate names using eval, e.g.,

eval declare -a '"arr'$COUNTER'=($field)"'

essentially quoting all of the meta-characters except the ones you want to evaluate.

So... if $COUNTER is 1, your script would do

declare -a "arr1=($field)"

Further reading:

• eval command in Bash and its typical uses
• What is the “eval” command in bash?

You can generate names using eval, e.g.,

eval declare -a '"arr'$COUNTER'=($field)"'

essentially quoting all of the meta-characters except the ones you want to evaluate.

So... if $COUNTER is 1, your script would do

declare -a "arr1=($field)"

Further reading:

• eval command in Bash and its typical uses
• What is the “eval” command in bash?

You can generate names using eval, e.g.,

eval declare -a '"arr'$COUNTER'=($field)"'

essentially quoting all of the meta-characters except the ones you want to evaluate.

So... if $COUNTER is 1, your script would do

declare -a "arr1=($field)"

Further reading:

• eval command in Bash and its typical uses
• What is the “eval” command in bash?

You can generate names using eval, e.g.,

eval declare -a '"arr'$COUNTER'=($field)"'

essentially quoting all of the meta-characters except the ones you want to evaluate.

So... if $COUNTER is 1, your script would do

declare -a "arr1=($field)"

Further reading:

• eval command in Bash and its typical uses
• What is the “eval” command in bash?