#!/usr/bin/env bash # Prompt the user for some information, and add the input to an array. # It'd be a good idea to perform validation on the provided input, which # we do not do below in order to keep the example simple. declare -a arr read -p "What is your username? " -r username arr+=("$username") read -p "What is your favorite color? " -r color arr+=("$color") printf "\n\nthe final values are: %s\n" "${arr[*]}"