declare

Declare variables and give them attributes. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Bash-Builtins.

• Declare a string variable with the specified value:
  declare {{variable}}="{{value}}"
• Declare an integer variable with the specified value:
  declare -i {{variable}}="{{value}}"
• Declare an array variable with the specified value:
  declare -a {{variable}}=({{item_a item_b item_c}})
• Declare an associative array variable with the specified value:
  declare -A {{variable}}=({{[key_a]=item_a [key_b]=item_b [key_c]=item_c}})
• Declare a readonly string variable with the specified value:
  declare -r {{variable}}="{{value}}"
• Declare a global variable within a function with the specified value:
  declare -g {{variable}}="{{value}}"