I tried:
$ a=("-f" "apple" "c")
$ a+=("-e" "banana" "d")
$ echo "${a[@]}"
-f apple c -e banana d
$ a=("-e" "apple" "c")
$ a+=("-e" "banana" "d")
$ echo "${a[@]}"
apple c -e banana d
Can someone explain why the second output is not -e apple c -e banana d (why is -e missing)?
a+=("-f" "apple" "c")? – jsotola Dec 13 '21 at 05:02$ a=("-f" "apple" "c");$ a+=("-f" "apple" "c");$ echo "${a[@]}";-f apple c -f apple c– Porcupine Dec 13 '21 at 05:05declare -p a. – Paul_Pedant Dec 13 '21 at 09:31