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From: thomasg <thomas@gstaedtner.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:39:15 +0200
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Subject: Re: How should I construct this?
To: TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:16 PM, TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to write a shell script which will help my computer
> automatically join Wi-Fi networks.
>
> Each network needs to have an SSID (which may have spaces in it) and a
> password (which may have spaces, punctuation, etc in it).
>
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to create this.
>
> I thought about trying to make an array or something like this where the
> first 'column' would be the SSID and the 2nd column would be the password=
s
>
> ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS=3D(
>                                 Home
> 89382ashfa
>                                 Work
> 0823u2j98dyumn
>                                 "Coffee House"          ""
>                                 "Jenny's Wifi"          8675309
> )
>
>
> but then I need to be able to loop through $ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS using only
> first column=E2=80=A6 something like this
>
> for SSID in {{{The First Arg in Each Line of $ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS}}}
> do
>                 echo "foo"
>
> done
>
>
> where the part in {{{ and }}} indicates the part where I really don't kno=
w
> how to do what I want to do.
>
> It seems like there's got to be an easier / better way of doing this, but=
 I
> can't figure out what it is, other than keeping two lists/arrays, one of =
the
> SSIDs, and one with the passwords, but that seems kludgey because I have =
to
> ask the user (whoever uses this script besides me) to put the SSIDs in
> twice.
>
> TjL
>

What you want to use in a case like this are hashtables.
Basically this is a special array type, defined like this:

typeset -A ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS
ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS=3D(name 'password' name2 'password2)

You can then loop: for FOO in ${(k)ALL_WIFI_NETWORKS}; BAR

Hope this helps,

--
thomasg