local

Declare local variables and give them attributes.

• Declare a string variable with the specified value:

local {variable}="{value}"

• Declare an integer variable with the specified value:

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

• Declare an array variable with the specified value:

local {variable}=({item_a item_b item_c})

• Declare an associative array variable with the specified value:

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

• Declare a readonly variable with the specified value:

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

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