Timeline for Bash array with spaces in elements

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Mar 11, 2022 at 3:24	comment	added	zhy2002		bash array index is 1-based
Jul 8, 2019 at 19:46	comment	added	mcint		`${FILES[@]}` returns the contents of the array. `${#FILES[@]}` returns the count of elements in the array. (self-contained answer).
Dec 11, 2018 at 18:08	comment	added	Dan Fego		I answered this six years ago but I believe it's to get the count of the number of elements in the array FILES.
Dec 11, 2018 at 13:28	comment	added	Michal Vician		Whats does the sharp (`#`) symbol do in `for ((i = 0; i < ${#FILES[@]}; i++))` statement?
Sep 7, 2016 at 12:24	comment	added	Michael Shaw		@MarkEdgar i experiencing problems with for f in ${FILES[@]} when the array members have spaces. It seems that the whole array is reinterpreted again, with the spaces spitting your existing members into two or more elements. It seems the " " are very important
Feb 1, 2012 at 2:44	comment	added	Mark Edgar		It's not necessary to loop over the indexes when you can loop over the elements with `for f in "${FILES[@]}"`.
Jan 31, 2012 at 19:36	history	edited	Dan Fego	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 2 characters in body
Jan 31, 2012 at 19:35	comment	added	Gordon Davisson		Note that you should use double-quotes when you use the array elements (e.g. `echo "${FILES[$i]}"`). It doesn't matter for `echo`, but it will for anything that uses it as a filename.
Jan 31, 2012 at 17:55	vote	accept	abelenky
Jan 31, 2012 at 17:54	history	answered	Dan Fego	CC BY-SA 3.0