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Create And Loop Through An Array Of Strings In Bash

Note

If all the values you're working with are single words you can process them as a string. See: 2so4kki3

This is how to create an array

Code

NAMES=("alfa bravo" "charlie delta" "echo foxtrot")

for name in "${NAMES[@]}"; do
  echo $name
done

Results

alfa bravo
charlie delta
echo foxtrot

Notes

Don't put commas between items in the array or they'll show up in the output. (i.e. don't do _"alfa bravo", "charlie delta"__)
The quotes around `${NAMES[@]}`bash` are necessary to keep the strings from splitting on spaces

References