lhunath 1208186921 learn Bash does not have "maps" or "hashes" or "associative arrays". Bash can only map *integers* to *strings* using Arrays. If you need a map, rework your program to use arrays instead or migrate to awk/perl/... greycat 1257800717 forget greycat 1257800942 learn Bash doesn't have a perl-style "map" command (you'll have to make a loop). If you meant C++ style "maps", bash 4.0 and later have associative arrays, but no earlier version supports them.