: ${TMPDIR:=/tmp} mkdir $TMPDIR/bash-test-$$ cd $TMPDIR/bash-test-$$ trap "cd / ; rm -rf $TMPDIR/bash-test-$$" 0 1 2 3 6 15 touch '[3]=abcde' touch r s t u v declare -a x=(*) echo ${x[3]} echo ${x[@]} unset x x=(a b c d e) echo ${x[*]: -1} unset x[4] unset x[2] x[9]='9' echo ${x[*]: -1} TOOLKIT=(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) ARRAY="1" echo ${TOOLKIT["$ARRAY"]} exit 0