while [ ${i} -eq ${#jobname[@]} ]
do
set -A cmd${i}
cmd${i}=(
[date_conditions]=$(grep "date_conditions:" tt | cut -c 18-)
[days_of_week]=$(grep "days_of_week:" tt | cut -c 14-)
[exclude_calendar]=$(grep "exclude_calendar:" tt | cut -c 19-)
[start_times]=$(grep "start_times:" tt | cut -c 14-)
[max_run_alarm]=$(grep "max_run_alarm:" tt | cut -c 16-)
[alarm_if_fail]=$(grep "alarm_if_fail:" tt | cut -c 16-)
)


i=${i}+1
done

it is giving me syntax error for "cmd${i}=("
how to get that array thatt grows as the number of elements in the jobname array?

Try this:

Code:

i=0
while [ $i -lt ${#jobname[*]} ]
do
  set -A cmd${i} \
      [date_conditions]=$(grep "date_conditions:" ${jobname[$i]} | cut -c 18-) \
      [days_of_week]=$(grep "days_of_week:" ${jobname[$i]} | cut -c 14-) \
      [exclude_calendar]=$(grep "exclude_calendar:" ${jobname[$i]}| cut -c 19-) \
      [start_times]=$(grep "start_times:" ${jobname[$i]} | cut -c 14-) \
      [max_run_alarm]=$(grep "max_run_alarm:" ${jobname[$i]} | cut -c 16-) \
      [alarm_if_fail]=$(grep "alarm_if_fail:" ${jobname[$i]} | cut -c 16-) 
  (( i += 1 ))
done