I have some code here that generates an ec2 instance ID as an output, I would like to store the instance IDs in an array, but they are being concatenated as strings instead of an array. Any help?
tasks=$(aws ecs list-tasks --cluster ${cluster} | jq --raw-output ' .taskArns[]')
declare -a instances
for task in ${tasks[@]};
do
container=$(aws ecs describe-tasks --task ${task} --cluster ${cluster} | jq -r '.tasks[].containerInstanceArn' | cut -d "/" -f3 )
# Add the output of the next command to instances array
instances =$(aws ecs describe-container-instances --cluster ${cluster} --container-instances ${container} | jq --raw-output '.containerInstances[].ec2InstanceId')
done
echo "${instances[@]}"
The above code prints one string with all instances concatenated... where am I going wrong?
CodePudding user response:
To append an element to an array, parentheses are required:
declare -a instances
instances =( "some element" )
instances =( "$(date)" )
declare -p instances
# => declare -a instances=([0]="some element" [1]="Wed Aug 31 09:39:21 EDT 2022")
The spaces are not required but improve readability IMO.