How to pass an array argument to the Bash script

Question

It is surprising me that I do not find the answer after 1 hour search for this. I would like to pass an array to my script like this:

test.sh argument1 array         


        

Answer 1

If this is your command:

test.sh argument1 ${array[*]} argument2

You can read the array into test.sh like this:

arg1=$1
arg2=${2[*]}
arg3=$3

It will complain at you ("bad substitution"), but will work.