bash 4.0 natively supports creating hash tables / maps / dictionaries. Using maps in Bash Variables in bash are loosely typed; however, declaring provides a type-like behavior. One of the supported types in bash is an associative array (-A). To declare an associative array: 1declare -A scoresTo declare and instantiate in a single line: 1declare -A scores=( ["peter"]=95 ["sally"]=98 )Add key/value pairs Adding key/value pairs to an existing associate array:
