wiki/help/linux/bash/data_manipulation/array.md

array operations.

local A=( foo1 bar1 foo2 bar2 foo3 bar3 ) # initialization.
local first=${A[0]}                       # first element.
local last=${A[-1]}                       # last element.
local from2toEnd=${A[@]:2}                # all arguments starting from 2nd.
local from2to3=${A[@]:2:1}                # 1 argument from 2nd.
local fromLast3toLast1=${A[@]: -3:2}      # space before - is required.