build array with brace expansion per Allister's recomendation

pkgbuild_mas_apps.bash

#!/bin/bash

# build array with brace expansion per Allister's recomendation
array=(/Applications/{GarageBand,Pages,iMovie,iPhoto,Keynote,Numbers}.app)

for path in "${array[@]}"; do
    app_name="${path##*/}"
    name="${app_name%.*}"
    version=$(defaults read "${path}"/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString)
    pkgbuild --component "${path}" $HOME/Desktop/"${name}-${version}".pkg
done

If this were code golf...
array=(/Applications/{GarageBand,Pages,iMovie,iPhoto,Keynote,Numbers}.app) can generate multiple lines with the 'prefix' and 'suffix' you need...

Ah yes!

Well done. :)

In the original I was using iTerm interactively and just dragged them into place. This is much better for the full script and I probably would not have thought to use brace expansion for it.