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Filter an Array with Patterns

  • bryon_nicoson
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    arr=($(cat))
echo ${arr[@]/*[aA]*/}

    This is using regular expression pattern matching to filter the array replacing each element matching the provided pattern ( *[aA]*) with nothing, which means it omits matches from the results.