>Could someone guide me around bash's lack of support for
>multi-dimensional arrays?  I've tried creating one array with the name
>of the other arrys.  Here is  a sample of what I'm trying to do:
>#!/bin/sh
>
>SERVER="MACSERVER ADVMKT CIRFIN OPSHR MIS1"
>
>MACSERVER="1 2 3 4 5"
>ADVMKT="6 7 8 9 10"
>CIRFIN="11 12 13 14 15"
>OPSHR="16 17 18 19 20"
>MIS1="21 22 23 24 25"
>
>for SYSTEM in ${SERVER}
>do
>    echo "System: "${SYSTEM}
>    for ITEM in ${SYSTEM}
>    do
>        echo "Item: "${ITEM}
>    done
>done

The "for ITEM" loop is iterating over the (single) value In bash this is easy --- use "indirect expansion":

for ITEM in ${!SYSTEM}

Ken Pizzini