Bash Array Dynamic Name

Sometimes you want to have dynamic array names to simplify code. Below is one way of making the array name dynamic in a loop.

#!/bin/bash

section1=(
 fs-01
 fs-02
)
section2=(
 fs-03
)

function snap() {
  tag=$1
  echo
  echo "TAG: $tag"
  x=$tag
  var=$x[@]
  for f in "${!var}"
  do
    echo "fss: $f"
  done
}

snap "section1"
snap "section2"

And output like this.

# ./i.sh

TAG: section1
fss: fs-01
fss: fs-02

TAG: section2
fss: fs-03

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