Loop through an array of strings in Bash?

Question

I want to write a script that loops through 15 strings (array possibly?) Is that possible?

Something like:

for databaseName in listOfNames
then
  # D         


        

Answer 1

What I really needed for this was something like this:

for i in $(the_array); do something; done

For instance:

for i in $(ps -aux | grep vlc  | awk '{ print $2 }'); do kill -9 $i; done

(Would kill all processes with vlc in their name)