Bash array expansion using variable indirection expansion

Question

I am trying to expand all values in an array I get to through indirect expansion:

> my_array=(coconut banana)
> echo \"${my_array[@]}\" 
coconut banana         


        

Answer 1

The problem is my_array_name=my_array. You need to retrieve all values of my_array. Try this instead:

 my_array_name=${my_array[@]}
 echo "${my_array_name[@]}"