-A 宣告陣列。以下設定 grades 是字典陣列。
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ declare -A grades
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ grades=(["dywang"]='60' ["linda"]='80' ["peter"]='92' ["rita"]='87')
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ echo "${grades['linda']}"
80
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ echo "${grades[@]}"
87 92 80 60
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ echo "${!grades[@]}"
rita peter linda dywang
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ echo "${#grades[@]}"
4
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ grades['linda']=85
[dywang@dywmac ~]$ echo "${grades['linda']}"
85