I want to do something like this:
foo=( ) foo[0]=\"bar\" foo[35]=\"baz\" for((i=0;i<${#foo[@]};i++)) do echo \"$i: ${foo[$i]}\" done # Output: # 0: ba
users=("kamal" "jamal" "rahim" "karim" "sadia") index=() t=-1 for i in ${users[@]}; do t=$(( t + 1 )) if [ $t -eq 0 ]; then for j in ${!users[@]}; do index[$j]=$j done fi echo "${index[$t]} is $i" done