Arrays in Bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Create the array
myarray=()

# Add items to the array
# Add a sequence of numbers from 1 to 16
#for item in {0..16}
cd ~/Documents/

# Add a list of files to the array
# List all *.txt files in the ~/Documents directory and grab the three oldest
# To grab the 3 most recent files use ls -rt. Order by time in reverse with most recent listed last
for item in $(ls -t *.txt | tail -3)
do
  myarray+=("${item}")
done

# Iterate over the array and print out items
for item in ${myarray[@]}
do
  printf "Item: ${item}\n"
done

# Print out the number of elements in the array

printf "${#myarray[@]}\n"

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