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Determine whether a value exists in an array in Bash. This only works if the array has values which do not have spaces in them.
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| array=(a b c d e) | |
| search=d | |
| if [[ ' '${array[*]}' ' =~ ' '$search' ' ]]; then | |
| echo 'It exists!' | |
| fi |
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