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Created July 10, 2019 11:59
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Does mapfile work on a mac?
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meh.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
mapfile -t meh < <(ps -ax)
echo "found ${#meh[@]} processes"
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The answer is no. mapfile is a feature of Bash 4.0. Macs currently are still on 3.x.

Here is the alternative:

declare -a meh

while IFS= read -r line; do meh+=("$line"); done < <(ps -ax)

echo "found ${#meh[@]} processes"

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