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Created February 6, 2017 12:37
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sort-array.bash
#!/bin/bash
sort_array() {
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
local IFS=$'\n'
eval "local arr=( \${$1[*]} )"
#arr=( $( printf "%s\n" ${arr[@]} | sort ) )
arr=( $( sort <<<"${arr[*]}" ) ) ### <<< is here string notation
eval "$1=( \${arr[*]} )"
fi
}
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suewonjp commented Feb 6, 2017

Usage
tmp=( c d a e b )

sort_array tmp

echo ${tmp[*]} ### a b c d e

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