declare

Declare variables and give them attributes. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Bash-Builtins.

• Declare a string variable with the specified value:

declare variable="value"

• Declare an integer variable with the specified value:

declare -i variable="value"

• Declare an array variable with the specified value:

declare -a variable=(item_a item_b item_c)

• Declare an associative array variable with the specified value:

declare -A variable=([key_a]=item_a [key_b]=item_b [key_c]=item_c)

• Declare a readonly string variable with the specified value:

declare -r variable="value"

• Declare a global variable within a function with the specified value:

declare -g variable="value"