list services and store them in array bash

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I want to list all services from /etc/init.d/ and grep pattern and store them in array. for instance like below.

ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs | awk '{ print $9 }'
example-subs-sidekick
example-subs-unicorn

and store the strings in array those are returned. but somehow it is not happening. I used below commands.

 gawk -F: '{ print $9 }' ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs
 gawk -F: '{ print $9 }' "ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs"
 gawk -F: '{ print $9 }' 'ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs'
 gawk -F: '{ print $9 }' `ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs`
 awk '{ print $9 ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs }'
 awk '{ print $9 "ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs" }'
 awk '{ print $9 `ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs` }'
 awk '{ print $9 (ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs) }'
 awk '{ print $9 "(ls -la /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs)" }'

But nothing works. Can someone help here.

Your first command works, why aren't you using that command? — Barmar, Feb 02 '17 at 22:47
I don't understand. Isn't that a transcript of the command? What's wrong with it? — Barmar, Feb 03 '17 at 16:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '17 at 22:50

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Use your first command as part of the assignment to the array:

array=($(ls -a /etc/init.d/ | grep example-subs))

You don't need to use awk. If you use ls instead of ls -l, the only thing it prints is the filename.

answered Feb 02 '17 at 22:50

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