For starters:
perl script which outputs an array:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# line 2 array.pl
@ary = $ARGV[0] eq '-n'? (10..15) : (a..f);
print "@ary\n";
perl script which outputs a hash:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# line 2 script hash.pl
my %hash = (
foo => 42,
bar => 1e3,
quux => 0,
);
print "$_ $hash{$_}\n" for sort keys %hash;
bash script using them:
#!/bin/bash
# script example.sh
declare -a LETTERS
declare -a NUMBERS
NUMBERS=(`array.pl -n`)
LETTERS=($(array.pl))
i=0
while [ $i -lt ${#NUMBERS[@]} ];
do
echo ${NUMBERS[$i]} is ${LETTERS[$i]}
i=$((i + 1))
done
./hash.pl | while read key value
do
echo string: $key, number: $value
done
bash$ ./example.sh
10 is a
11 is b
12 is c
13 is d
14 is e
15 is f
string: bar, number: 1000
string: foo, number: 42
string: quux, number: 0