local

Declare local 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:

local {{variable}}="{{value}}"

• Declare an integer variable with the specified value:

local -i {{variable}}="{{value}}"

• Declare an array variable with the specified value:

local {{variable}}=({{item_a item_b item_c}})

• Declare an associative array variable with the specified value:

local -A {{variable}}=({{[key_a]=item_a [key_b]=item_b [key_c]=item_c}})

• Declare a readonly variable with the specified value:

local -r {{variable}}="{{value}}"