declare

Declare variables and give them attributes.

• Declare a string variable with the specified value:

declare {variable}="{value}"

• Declare an integer variable with the specified value:

declare -i {variable}="{value}"

• Declare an array variable with the specified value:

declare -a {variable}=({item_a item_b item_c})

• Declare an associative array variable with the specified value:

declare -A {variable}=({[key_a]=item_a [key_b]=item_b [key_c]=item_c})

• Declare a readonly string variable with the specified value:

declare -r {variable}="{value}"

• Declare a global variable within a function with the specified value:

declare -g {variable}="{value}"

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