How to read array from delimited text
use readarray with -d option to read the delimited text as array in bash #!/usr/bin/env bash # User inputs echo -n "Enter Number of elements: " read -r no_of_elements echo -n "Enter delimiter: " read -r del echo -n "Enter array elements as delimited text: " readarray -n $ no_of_elements -d $ del elements # Output echo "" echo "Array elements: " for item in ${ elements [@] } ; do echo $ item done ; Output of the above snippet is, $ ./test.sh Enter Number of elements: 3 Enter delimiter: , Enter array elements as delimited text: 1,2,3, Array elements: 1, 2, 3, If we like to remove the delimiter captured as part of an array element we can pass -t option. Note: -t must be passed before supplying the -d option. Eg, readarray -t -n $no_of_elements -d $del elements -d option uses the delimiter to parse and split the ...