How to define associative 2-dimension array in shell script? [duplicate]

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I need to define an array like this:

declare -A myary
myary[fruits]=(apple peach benana)
myary[objects]=(car window door)

and loop through it.

How can I do it in shell scripting?

Thank you.

This question has been asked before. See google. You'll find that bash does not support 2-D arrays natively but that there are work-arounds if you really need them. — John1024
– John1024, Commented Jul 4, 2016 at 6:06

Will · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-04 06:31:59Z

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You cannot. Bash does not support multidimensional arrays. However, you can use one-dimensional associative arrays, and there are workarounds found here.

answered Jul 4, 2016 at 6:31

Will

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