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Why don't fields set in the loop propagate out of the loop?
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assoc_array.sh
declare -A testthis
testthis[hello]="world"
echo "keys: ${!testthis[@]}"
printf "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\n" | while read key && read value; do
testthis[$key]="${value}"
echo "keys: ${!testthis[@]}"
done
echo "keys: ${!testthis[@]}"
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