little on bash scripting

Linux Bash Scripting


Simple Array
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$ name=("chantu"  "bhantu"  "santa"  Bhanta)
OR
$ name=(chantu bhantu santa bhanta)
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Iterating over an Simple Array

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$for a in ${name[*]}
do
echo $a;
done
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Associative Array 
NOTE: Only in bash > v4.x
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$ declare -A name
$ name=(["father"]="bhantu"  ["brother"]="chantu")
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iterating over an associative array

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$ for relation in ${!name[*]}
do 
echo "Relation $relation in ${name["$relation"]}"
done
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Evaluating an expression
$expr 2 + 2 
NOTE: SPACES BETWEEN OPERATOR AND OPERANDS