set -A NAMES alex helen jenny scott echo $NAMES echo ${NAMES[2]} echo ${NAMES[*]} #echo ${NAMES[2,-2]} set -A A "${NAMES[*]}" set -A B "${NAMES[@]}" set | head -5 NAMES[4]=william echo ${NAMES[*]} echo $A[1] echo $A[2,7] A[6,10="alice" echo ${NAMES[*]} echo $A echo $#A echo $A[2]