creating an array, not working

Question

I'm trying to create an array within a bash script. I am doing this:

#!/bin/bash
declare -a testArray1=('a/b/c.def -x -y -z','x/y/z.000 -a -b -c')

echo "testArray1[0] = ${testArray1[0]}"
echo "testArray1[1] = ${testArray1[1]}"

But it doesn't work. Everything is being added to a single [0] element for the array.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Use this instead:

declare -a testArray1=('a/b/c.def -x -y -z' 'x/y/z.000 -a -b -c')

BTW: you can check the array structure with declare -p, see:

$ declare -a testArray1=('a/b/c.def -x -y -z','x/y/z.000 -a -b -c')
$ declare -p testArray1
declare -a testArray1='([0]="a/b/c.def -x -y -z,x/y/z.000 -a -b -c")'
$
$ declare -a testArray1=('a/b/c.def -x -y -z' 'x/y/z.000 -a -b -c')
$ declare -p testArray1
declare -a testArray1='([0]="a/b/c.def -x -y -z" [1]="x/y/z.000 -a -b -c")'