#!/bin/bash ## # return 0 (true) if array (passed by name) contains element # usage: # ARRAY = ( a b c ) # containsElement ARRAY 'a' => 0 containsElement() { local -a 'arraykeys=("${!'"$1"'[@]}")' if $(isArray $1); then for index in ${arraykeys[*]}; do current=$1"[$index]" [[ "${!current}" == "$2" ]] && return 0 # found done return 1 # not found else echo >&2 "ERROR: $1 not an array!" return 2 # not an array fi } isArray() { [[ "$(declare -p $1 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]] && return 0 # is an array return 1 # not an array } ## # askConfirmation() { case "$1" in y | Y | yes | YES) QUESTION="(Y/n)?" DEFAULT=0 ;; *) QUESTION="(y/N)?" DEFAULT=1 ;; esac read -p "$QUESTION : " choice case "$choice" in y | Y | yes | YES) return 0 ;; #true n | no | N | NO) return 1 ;; #false *) return $DEFAULT ;; esac }